Name: Creamy Edamame Arugula Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon soybean oil (often labeled "vegetable oil"); 1 small onion, diced; 3 cups frozen edamame (shelled); 2 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth; 1 cup plain soymilk; 1 cup baby arugula leaves, packed; 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; Greek-style yogurt (optional)

Why it works: Onion and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Creamy Edamame Arugula Soup

6 servings

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 teaspoon soybean oil (often labeled "vegetable oil")
1 small onion, diced
3 cups frozen edamame (shelled)
2 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
1 cup plain soymilk
1 cup baby arugula leaves, packed
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Greek-style yogurt (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

679Calories

62 gProtein

37 gFat

27 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Edamame	1/2 cup (78g) shelled	120
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soybean Oil	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Soybean + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together93 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Soybean + peppertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together71 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Soybean + chickentop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (soybean, onion, chicken, pepper, yogurt):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Tomatofits better
Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against soybean, onion, chicken, pepper, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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