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Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Platter

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Platter

Why it works: Shallot and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Platter

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

695Calories
35 gProtein
29 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Coriandernot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Shallot + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Coriander + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

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

  5. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, shallot, fish sauce, rice, lettuce, coriander):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, shallot, fish sauce, rice, lettuce, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.