Ingredient
Sweet bean sauce
Three views of what sweet bean sauce relates to — by recipe co-occurrence, blended, and aroma chemistry. Scores are cosine similarities in 300-D Metapath2Vec space.
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Relations
Cooks with
Recipe co-occurrenceThings this is cooked with in real recipes — strongest cue for partners on the plate.
- Fermented tofu0.42
- Soybean paste0.41
- Sichuan peppercorn0.41
- Baijiu0.39
- Doubanjiang0.39
- Chu hou paste0.37
- Dried tofu0.36
- Light soy sauce0.36
- Glass noodle0.36
- Oyster sauce0.36
- Mala sauce0.36
- Celtuce0.35
- Dark soy sauce0.35
- Five spice powder0.35
- Fish tofu0.34
- Soybean sprout0.34
- Seasoning sauce0.34
- Sesame paste0.34
- Bamboo shoot0.33
- Pickled mustard green0.33
Blended
Chemistry + recipe contextSimilar in both chemistry and recipe use — the most versatile lens.
- Soybean paste0.84
- Light soy sauce0.82
- Doubanjiang0.82
- Oyster sauce0.81
- Dark soy sauce0.81
- Sichuan peppercorn0.79
- Fermented tofu0.78
- Shaoxing wine0.78
- Dried tofu0.78
- Chili garlic sauce0.76
- Zha cai0.76
- Five spice powder0.76
- Sesame oil0.76
- Tsao ko0.75
- Garlic scape0.75
- Chili oil0.75
- Hot pot base0.75
- Sesame paste0.74
- Glass noodle0.74
- Mala sauce0.74
Tastes like
Aroma-chemistry profileShares aroma compounds — best for direct substitutions.
- Soybean paste0.59
- Dark soy sauce0.53
- Light soy sauce0.53
- Sichuan peppercorn0.51
- Doubanjiang0.50
- Oyster sauce0.49
- Zha cai0.44
- Dried tofu0.44
- Shaoxing wine0.43
- Chili oil0.42
- Garlic scape0.41
- Five spice powder0.41
- Glass noodle0.41
- Chu hou paste0.40
- Tsao ko0.40
- Pickled radish0.40
- Fermented tofu0.39
- Yu choy0.39
- Shaobing0.38
- Chili garlic sauce0.38
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