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Why it works: Sriracha and chive work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

24 servings
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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.

  1. Sriracha + chivetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Mustard + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Egg + srirachatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cream cheese + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together204 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Pepper + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,427 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, pepper, cream cheese, sriracha, mustard, rice):

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Dillbetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, pepper, cream cheese, sriracha, mustard, rice. 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).