Type an ingredient — get 3–5 real Chinese seasoning combinations with flavor profiles, difficulty, and exact ratios.
No recipes to scroll through. No trial and error. Just type your ingredients and the engine thinks like a Chinese home cook who has been doing this for 30 years.
From Pixian doubanjiang to Chinkiang vinegar — every ingredient in our library comes with a flavor profile, regional origin, and what it pairs with.
continuously expandedWe don't guess. The engine follows thousands of learned rules — what complements what, what overwhelms what, and what creates the "mala" magic.
rule-based + LLM tunedMala · Sweet-Savory · Vinegar Tang · Pure Umami · Curry-Coconut · Garlic-Forward. Every suggestion tagged so you know what you're getting into.
6 distinct tong weiNo "15-minute meals" that secretly take 45. Every card shows cook time, difficulty (1-5), and the equipment you actually need.
no surprisesVegetarian, pescatarian, gluten-free, nut-free, shellfish-free, dairy-free — filter the suggestions before they reach you.
6 common restrictionsFree gives you the idea. Pro unlocks the gram-and-teaspoon ratios, common substitutions, and a tested method you can follow on your first try.
unlock with ProYou know the feeling — staring at a half-empty fridge, opening the same three delivery apps. The engine gives you 3-5 options in under 3 seconds, ranked by what your ingredients can actually become.
That bottle of doubanjiang in your cupboard for 8 months? The engine tells you which 3 sauces are worth buying, and exactly what to make with them. No more guesswork.
Recipes tell you what to do. We tell you why. Why doubanjiang + sichuan peppercorn creates that buzz. Why rice vinegar instead of lemon. You'll cook smarter in 2 weeks than in 2 years of recipe-collecting.
Type your ingredients — chicken, broccoli, tofu, whatever's in the fridge. No need to be specific; "some meat" works too.
The pairing graph matches your ingredients against thousands of seasoning combinations. 3-5 winners surface, ranked by how well they fit.
Pick the one that sounds good. Pro unlocks the gram-and-teaspoon breakdown and the method that has been tested thousands of times.
Names and cities blurred for privacy. Stories based on real user patterns.
She typed in "chicken breast" — got 5 flavor profiles back, each with a tested method. She learned she's a vinegar-tang person.
He listed the same chicken plus pantry staples. The engine surfaced a sweet-savory Cantonese stir-fry, a mala Mapo, and a mild tomato-egg rice — all under 30 minutes.
She toggled "no nuts, no shellfish" — the engine filtered out 70% of suggestions. What remained: 4 safe, beautiful, dinner-party-worthy combinations.
Below is a real rendering of a 4-ingredient query. Try it yourself above.
Free shows 1 of 6 in detail. Pro unlocks all 6 with exact ratios.
Free gives you one combination per ingredient.
Pro unlocks every combination, every exact ratio, and weekly new flavor profiles.
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