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Asian Ginger Grill Marinade

"This delicious Asian marinade is delicious on anything grilled! Use as marinade up to 24 hours prior to cooking a grilled meat, or simply douse the meat just before grilling."

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Asian Ginger Grill Marinade

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Asian Ginger Grill Marinade

1 cup
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

259Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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

By allrecipes. 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, rice, vinegar, honey, sesame, garlic, onion):

  1. Gingerthe original
  2. Cuminfits about as well
  3. Turmericfits about as well
  4. Corianderfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, rice, vinegar, honey, sesame, garlic, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.