22 flavors that taste great with japanese food
..and 5 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes japanese food better. On average, recipes with japanese food received a 4.43⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with miso. And sometimes worse. Like with rice.
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
Improved by
High potential
Unfavorable to
Worse all around
Common combinations
- sugar
- black pepper
- sake
- sesame oil
- garlic
- green onions
- butter
- carrots
- kosher salt
- onion
- rice vinegar
- cornflour
- all purpose flour
- honey
- olive oil
- baking powder
- sesame seeds
- cucumber
- matcha
- brown sugar
- canola oil
- cabbage
- lemon juice
- vegetable oil
- ketchup
- egg yolk
- cilantro
- worcestershire sauce
- chicken stock
- chicken thighs
- oil
- lime juice
- toasted sesame seeds
- flour
- shiso
- oyster sauce
- shrimp
- nori
- chicken broth
- salmon
- rice wine vinegar
- sriracha
- white miso
- mushrooms
- ground pork
- egg whites
- potato starch
- soba noodles
- red chili peppers
- tamari
- tuna
- sea salt
- broccoli
- ground beef
- brown rice
- grape seed oil
- sushi rice
- chicken breast
- mayonnaise
- maple syrup
- instant yeast
- potatoes
- spinach
- beans
- yellow onion
- boiled egg
- basil
- almonds
- cream of tartar
- corn starch
- celery
- cream cheese
- garlic powder
- peanut oil
- chives
- bacon
- dark soy sauce
- zucchini
- kewpie mayonnaise
- green beans
- red cabbage
- nutmeg
- cauliflower
- red bell peppers
- yakisoba noodles
- white sugar
- chili powder
- furikake
- soy milk
- coconut oil
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Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.
Here are some great recipes we found with japanese food:
Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Japanese Rice Balls) With Pickled Shiitakes
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.6/10
Ichigo Daifuku - Strawberry and Red Bean Mochi
dailycookingquest.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.2/10
