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Japanese Nabeyaki Udon Soup

"This is a wonderful Japanese soup, very popular throughout Japan - with chicken, eggs, and vegetables. A meal in and of itself!"

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Japanese Nabeyaki Udon Soup

Why it works: Tofu and shiitake share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 58 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Japanese Nabeyaki Udon Soup

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

504Calories
54 gProtein
15 gFat
43 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Bok Choy1 cup (70g)9
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Tofu + shiitaketop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Shiitake + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Carrot + shiitaketop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Tofu + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, sugar, tofu, shiitake, mushroom, egg):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, sugar, tofu, shiitake, mushroom, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.