Why it works: Rice and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,351 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
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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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Rice + carrottop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,351 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,555 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Carrot + oniontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together21,599 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Broccoli + carrottop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,440 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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Broccoli + oniontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,292 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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 (rice, wild rice, mushroom, broccoli, carrot, pepper):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Spinachbetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against rice, wild rice, mushroom, broccoli, carrot, pepper. 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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