Name: Honey & Sesame Beef Noodles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 100g wholewheat noodles; 2 tsp sunflower oil; 125g pack purple sprouting broccoli (or Tenderstem), cut into short lengths; 100g sugar snap peas , halved; 4 spring onions , cut into short lengths; 2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce; 175g lean rump steak , thinly sliced; 2 tsp sesame seeds; 2 tbsp clear honey

Why it works: Broccoli and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 372 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Honey & Sesame Beef Noodles

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

100g wholewheat noodles
2 tsp sunflower oil
125g pack purple sprouting broccoli (or Tenderstem), cut into short lengths
100g sugar snap peas , halved
4 spring onions , cut into short lengths
2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
175g lean rump steak , thinly sliced
2 tsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp clear honey

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

622Calories

33 gProtein

30 gFat

58 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

Broccoli + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together372 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Sunflower + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together172 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Sunflower + broccolitop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together146 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, broccoli, sugar, onion, sauce, sesame, honey):

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Chickpeafits better
Peanutfits better
Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, broccoli, sugar, onion, sauce, sesame, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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