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Carrot Rice Nut Burger

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Carrot Rice Nut Burger

Why it works: Sunflower and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 279 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Carrot Rice Nut Burger

20 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

716Calories
17 gProtein
40 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Sunflower + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Rice + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

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

  4. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sunflower, carrot, olive):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Parsnipfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sunflower, carrot, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.