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Spicy Mushroom & Broccoli Noodles

Shiitake mushrooms give a 'meaty' texture and flavour to this healthy stir-fry

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Spicy Mushroom & Broccoli Noodles

Why it works: Sesame and shiitake match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Spicy Mushroom & Broccoli Noodles

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories
22 gProtein
36 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chestnutnot in our table0
Saucenot 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 + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  2. Shiitake + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Broccoli + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together372 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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, broccoli, sesame, shiitake, garlic, onion, sauce):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, broccoli, sesame, shiitake, garlic, onion, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.