We analyzed over 150,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes water better. On average, recipes with water gets 4.29⭐ review scores. But in some combinations, review scores get a lot better. Like with salted peanuts. And sometimes worse. Like with white rice.
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.