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Tom Yum Soup

Classic tom yum soup with all the hot sour flavours you'd expect. Packed with herbs, spices and vegetables.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Tom Yum Soup

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tom Yum Soup

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

372Calories
58 gProtein
4 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Shrimp100g cooked99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Waternot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Galangalnot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcfood. 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Coriander + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Tomato + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,878 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Lime + fish saucetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the thai basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, coriander, tomato, lime, fish sauce, sugar):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Thai basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, coriander, tomato, lime, fish sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.