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Vietnam Stir Fry Noodle

Authentic, delicious, super quick & easy Vietnamese stir fried noodle.Perfect with Star Anise Foods' gluten free brown rice noodles that are excellent source of fiber & protein. Totally versatile - you can make it vegetarian, or add tofu, cooked meat or shrimps

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Star anise and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 78 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Vietnam Stir Fry Noodle

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

896Calories
76 gProtein
38 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Bok Choy1 cup (70g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot 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. Star anise + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  4. Celery + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

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

  5. Star anise + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

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

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

Swap the star anise

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, celery, mushroom, garlic, lime, canola oil):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Star anisethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, celery, mushroom, garlic, lime, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.