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Kale and Parmesan Egg Drop Soup Recipe

Sautéed kale ribbons are added to this easy vegetarian Italian soup simmered with nutty Parmesan cheese and beaten eggs.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Kale and Parmesan Egg Drop Soup Recipe

Why it works: Kale and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 647 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale and Parmesan Egg Drop Soup Recipe

6 to 8 servings
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

605Calories
48 gProtein
44 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

By chow. 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. Kale + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together647 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  3. Olive + parmesan cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Kale + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together492 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the kale

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, chicken, pepper, egg, parmesan cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Kalethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, pepper, egg, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.