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Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

Why it works: Ginger and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

604Calories
32 gProtein
29 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
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 williamssonoma. 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. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together520 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Cinnamon + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Coriander + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,635 recipes

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

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, canola oil, fish sauce, ginger, coriander, cinnamon, rice):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, canola oil, fish sauce, ginger, coriander, cinnamon, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.