Name: Sweet Potato-Vanilla-Ginger Soup with Potato Croutons
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons FOR THE SOUP:; 1 piece Olive Oil Or Butter; 1 (1-inch Size) Fresh Ginger, Minced; 1 teaspoon Large Onion, Diced; 5 cups Vanilla Extract; 4 cups Diced Sweet Potato (for 5 Cups You'll Need About 2-3); 2 Chicken Broth (or Veggie Broth); 2 Tablespoons Sea Salt And Freshly-ground Black Pepper, To Taste

Why it works: Ginger and sweet potato work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 306 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Sweet Potato-Vanilla-Ginger Soup with Potato Croutons

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons FOR THE SOUP:
1 piece Olive Oil Or Butter
1 (1-inch Size) Fresh Ginger, Minced
1 teaspoon Large Onion, Diced
5 cups Vanilla Extract
4 cups Diced Sweet Potato (for 5 Cups You'll Need About 2-3)
2 Chicken Broth (or Veggie Broth)
2 Tablespoons Sea Salt And Freshly-ground Black Pepper, To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

553Calories

35 gProtein

29 gFat

36 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sweet Potato	1 medium (114g) baked	103
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Ginger + sweet potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together306 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Vanilla + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together189 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Olive + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, ginger, onion, sweet potato, chicken, pepper):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Coconutfits better
Vanillathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, ginger, onion, sweet potato, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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