Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Kimchi Juice
Top flavour pairings and kimchi juice recipes, revealed through the hidden methmatics of flavour.
Kimchi juice conjures the embrace of garlic and the kiss of cabbage, woven with delicate hints of ginger, vinegar, and chilli, giving it remarkable depth. And the epicurean alchemy begins when we seek out pairings that allow these notes to truly sing.
To map these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, breaking each one down across 150 flavour dimensions, identifying which notes complement and contrast. Our findings reveal, for instance, how vegetable oil's oily tones can enrich kimchi juice, or how chicharrón's adipose notes create an unexpectedly harmonious bridge with the pungent aroma.
Flavour Profile Of Kimchi Juice Across 150 Dimensions Of Flavour
Flavour wheel chart showing the dominant flavour notes of Kimchi juice: Allicin, Brassica, Ginger, Acetic, Capsaicin, Lactic, Butyric, Mustard, Saline, Yeasty, Proteolytic, Sulfurous, Capsicum, Oceanic, Grassy, Onion
An ingredient's flavour profile is determined by its core characteristics (e.g. acidic, vegetal, and herbal) enhanced by layers of subtle aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim for a mix of core traits to build balance, and select complementary aroma notes to create harmony.
Flavour Pairing Method
To understand how flavour notes harmonise, we analysed more than 50,000 popular ingredient combinations. By exploring these pairings, we identified specific flavour notes that frequently occur together, indicating they share a harmonious relationship.
The Flavours That Harmonise With Garlic Notes
Strength of Association Between Flavours
The flavours most associated with garlic notes are: Fatty, Starch, Peaty, Seaweed, Rice, Petrichor, Parsnip, Penicillium, Walnut, Pea, Asparagus, Seedy, Porcine, Potato, Resin.
Our analysis reveals a strong connection between garlic and animal fat flavours. Since kimchi juice has a distinct garlicy flavour, try pairing it with the fatty flavours of chicharrón.
The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing kimchi juice with chicharrón.
Harmonious Flavours Of Kimchi Juice
Just as our analysis revealed that garlic and fatty flavour accents are harmonious, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour notes present in kimchi juice. For instance, the cabbagy accents of kimchi juice are strongly associated with oaky and balsam notes.
The aroma accents complementary to the various accents of kimchi juice can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.
Flavour Profile Of Kimchi Juice And Its Complementary Flavour Notes
Flavour wheel chart showing the dominant flavour notes of Kimchi juice: Allicin, Brassica, Ginger, Acetic, Capsaicin, Lactic, Butyric, Mustard, Saline, Yeasty, Proteolytic, Sulfurous, Capsicum, Oceanic, Grassy, Onion
Matching Flavour Profiles
The flavour profile of vegetable oil offers many of the aromas complementary to kimchi juice, including oleic and cucumber notes. Because the flavour profile of vegetable oil has many of the of the features that are complementary to kimchi juice, they are likely to pair very well together.
Prominent Flavour Notes Of Vegetable Oil Are Represented By Longer Bars
Flavour wheel chart showing the dominant flavour notes of Vegetable oil: Oleic, Seedy, Cucumber, Ovine, Adipose, Corn, Grassy, Mustard, Sesame, Rice
The chart above shows the unique profile of vegetable oil across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with kimchi juice.
Recipes That Pair Kimchi Juice With Vegetable Oil
Linked Flavour Notes
Looking at the aroma notes that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of kimchi juice, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.
Kimchi Juice's Harmonious Flavours And Complementary Ingredients
Kimchi juice's Strongest Flavours
Complementary Flavours
Ingredients with Complementary Flavours
Flavour groups:
Nectarous
Acidic
Floral
Spice
Vegetal
Maillard
Earthy
Woody
Carnal
The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of kimchi juice, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aroma accents complementary to kimchi juice.
What To Drink With Kimchi Juice
The raisin notes in pedro ximénez make it a perfect pairing with kimchi juice. Likewise, the raisin flavours in ramos pintos port create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of kimchi juice below.
How Flavonomics Works
We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.
Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.
Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.
We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.
These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Kimchi juice), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.
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