Why it works: Lime and peanut oil work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 99 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Contains: peanut (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
- Sauce
- Stir Fry
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Make the sauce: in a blender or small bowl, combine the coconut milk, cilantro, lime juice, minced ginger, minced garlic and agave nectar. Blend or whisk until smooth, then set aside.
Heat the peanut oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat until shimmering.
Add the red onion, green bell pepper and carrot. Stir fry for 4 to 5 minutes until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
Add the drained adzuki beans and stir fry for 2 minutes until heated through.
Add the mango strips and stir fry gently for 1 to 2 minutes, just until warmed so they keep their shape.
Pour in the cilantro lime coconut sauce, stir to coat everything, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until slightly thickened.
Serve hot.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Lime + peanut oiltop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together99 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Lime + mangotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together506 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,621 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Coconut + mangotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together221 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, milk, lime, ginger, garlic, agave, peanut oil):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, lime, ginger, garlic, agave, peanut oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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