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Golden Potstickers

Potstickers - For my flight to London, I made the filling with lots of caramelized shallots & pureed yellow split peas then pan-fried them until the bottoms were crisp and golden. They freeze like beautifully, perfect for quick dumpling-centric meals later on.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Golden Potstickers

Why it works: Shallot and peas match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 173 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Golden Potstickers

Makes a big platter of dumplings.
Prep60 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

164Calories
6 gProtein
0 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Waternot 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 101cookbooks. 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 + peastop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Sunflower + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

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

  3. Onion + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 recipes

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

  4. Sunflower + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together989 recipes

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

  5. Sunflower + peastop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, onion, sugar, sauce, shallot):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, onion, sugar, sauce, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.