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Cooking for Others: Banh Mi Boat Ride

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Vinegar and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Cooking for Others: Banh Mi Boat Ride

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

387Calories
11 gProtein
6 gFat
65 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Rice wine + vinegartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Vinegar + carrottop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,892 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Sugar + carrottop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice wine + carrottop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice wine, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.