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Meatless Monday: Chipotle Barley Salad with Corn, Zucchini, and RadishesChipotle Barley Salad with Corn, Zucchini, and Radishes

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,259 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Meatless Monday: Chipotle Barley Salad with Corn, Zucchini, and RadishesChipotle Barley Salad with Corn, Zucchini, and Radishes

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

555Calories
10 gProtein
17 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  2. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Barley + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Barley + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (barley, onion, red wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, honey):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against barley, onion, red wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.