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Buddha's Delight

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Buddha's Delight

Why it works: Bamboo shoots and water chestnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 48 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Buddha's Delight

serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

713Calories
27 gProtein
47 gFat
56 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Napa Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bamboo Shootsnot in our table0
Water Chestnutnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Bamboo shoots + water chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shiitake + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  3. Bamboo shoots + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Shiitake + bamboo shootstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Water chestnut + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shiitake, mushroom, bamboo shoots, water chestnut, tofu, sauce, sesame):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shiitake, mushroom, bamboo shoots, water chestnut, tofu, sauce, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.