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Quick and Simple Korean Doenjang Chigae

"One of the most simple and quick dishes I learned to make while in Korea. Doenjang is a fermented soybean paste that can be found in Asian grocers."

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Quick and Simple Korean Doenjang Chigae

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Quick and Simple Korean Doenjang Chigae

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

148Calories
10 gProtein
5 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Waternot in our table0
Soy Beannot in our table0

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

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Tofu + jalapenotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, onion, tofu, jalapeno, pepper):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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