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Spicey Duck Breast & Noodles

Quick, simple and tasty meal for when you want to spoil yourself.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Spicey Duck Breast & Noodles

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

772Calories
29 gProtein
48 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot 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. Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Coriander + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Honey + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Coriander + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together192 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Banana + shallottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the chive

The recipe marks chive as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, sauce, honey, banana, shallot, egg):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against coriander, sauce, honey, banana, shallot, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.