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Barrier Reef Rice Paper Rolls Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,294 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Barrier Reef Rice Paper Rolls Recipe

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

560Calories
41 gProtein
7 gFat
89 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Shrimp100g cooked99
Tofu100g firm76
Jicama1 cup (120g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Peppermintnot in our table0
Papayanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Basil + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Mint + papayatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Mint + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the papaya

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, mint, basil, carrot, shrimp, rice, tofu):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Papayathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, mint, basil, carrot, shrimp, rice, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.