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Miso Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms

"A delicious Japanese soup with mushrooms and tofu."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Miso Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Miso Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

212Calories
16 gProtein
7 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Shiitake + misotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Shiitake + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

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

  4. Shiitake + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

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

Swap the onion

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

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

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