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Japanese Meat and Potatoes

One of the most popular dishes in Japanese home cooking. You can use either minced or sliced beef or pork.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Japanese Meat and Potatoes

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Japanese Meat and Potatoes

Serves 5

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1387Calories
66 gProtein
57 gFat
137 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Waternot in our table0
Flowernot 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 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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  4. Sesame + potatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together144 recipes

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

  5. Beef + potatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the potato

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits about as well
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

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