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Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

"Vegan version of the Asian restaurant staple. This soup has been a favorite at KZSU barbeques, and will be sure to please crowds at any potlatch. Any extra peas and peppers you may have will go well in this soup. Add near the end if you want to keep their crunch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

Why it works: Shiitake and tofu 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 ↓

Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

4 servings
Prep45 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

910Calories
30 gProtein
35 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Woodnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Shiitake + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + shiitaketop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

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

  3. Shiitake + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Mushroom + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,515 recipes

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

  5. Mushroom + tofutop 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 white pepper

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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