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Chicken and Soba Noodle Soup

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Chicken and Soba Noodle Soup

Why it works: Miso and spinach work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Chicken and Soba Noodle Soup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

252Calories
35 gProtein
5 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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 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. Miso + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Spinach + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Miso + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together182 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,595 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, miso, spinach, onion):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, miso, spinach, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.