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Japanese-style Beef Salad

Why not give steak the salad treatment for a low-fat midweek supper?

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Japanese-style Beef Salad

Why it works: Lettuce and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 193 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Japanese-style Beef Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories
28 gProtein
42 gFat
10 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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.

  1. Lettuce + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lettuce + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Radish + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Radish + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

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

  5. Radish + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (radish, lettuce, rice, vinegar, sauce, sesame, shallot):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against radish, lettuce, rice, vinegar, sauce, sesame, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.