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Asian Slaw

Freshly made coleslaw is a wonderful thing, but every now and then it’s fun to zip up the formula with a burst of lively Asian flavours

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Asian Slaw

Why it works: Sesame and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Asian Slaw

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

109Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
White Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Seednot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

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

  2. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Carrot + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,377 recipes

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

  4. Lime + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, ginger, lime, sesame, sunflower, sugar):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, ginger, lime, sesame, sunflower, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.