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Eggs Benedict Salad

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Eggs Benedict Salad

Why it works: Olive and soybean work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Eggs Benedict Salad

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

487Calories
20 gProtein
36 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Edamame1/2 cup (78g) shelled120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soybeannot 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 epicurious. 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. Olive + soybeantop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  4. Vinegar + radishtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Soybean + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

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

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

Swap the soybean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (prosciutto, olive, vinegar, radish, onion, egg, lemon):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against prosciutto, olive, vinegar, radish, onion, egg, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.