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Sunshine Burgers Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Chickpea and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 56 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Sunshine Burgers Recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1032Calories
36 gProtein
36 gFat
143 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Yellow Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Chickpea + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together56 recipes

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

  2. Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

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

  4. Tofu + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together40 recipes

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

  5. Tofu + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together678 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, tofu, sunflower, pepper, bread, olive):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, tofu, sunflower, pepper, bread, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.