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Bob's Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade

"A rich all-purpose sauce."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Bob's Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade

Why it works: Sake and ginger work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 114 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Bob's Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

554Calories
14 gProtein
1 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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 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. Sake + gingertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together114 recipes

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

  2. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + gingertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14,054 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  4. Sauce + gingertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sake + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and ginger barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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