Name: Kimchi Relish
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 3/4 cup chopped Napa cabbage kimchi; 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup fresh lime juice; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce; 1 1/2 tablespoons light agave syrup (nectar) or honey; 1 1/2 tablespoons Sriracha; Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Lime and agave match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kimchi Relish

Makes 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

3/4 cup chopped Napa cabbage kimchi
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons light agave syrup (nectar) or honey
1 1/2 tablespoons Sriracha
Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

258Calories

3 gProtein

14 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Napa Cabbage	1 cup shredded (89g)	22
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Sriracha	1 tsp (5g)	5
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Kimchi	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

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.

Lime + agavetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chive + agavetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lime + chivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together139 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,081 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

Swap the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, olive, lime, chive, sauce, agave, pepper):

Capersfits better
Corianderfits better
Cuminfits better
Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, olive, lime, chive, sauce, agave, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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