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Five-Spice Chicken Noodle Soup

To make the soup up to a day in advance, prepare the broth. About 15 minutes before serving, soak the noodles. Just before serving, reheat the broth and add the chicken and noodles. You can also substitute beef broth for the chicken broth and 1/2 lb. beef sirloin, cut into thin strips, for the chicken. Simmer the beef for 1 to 2 minutes before adding the noodles.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Five-Spice Chicken Noodle Soup

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Five-Spice Chicken Noodle Soup

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

495Calories
38 gProtein
5 gFat
74 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  4. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Ginger + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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 (chicken, shallot, ginger, lime, fish sauce, sugar, rice):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, shallot, ginger, lime, fish sauce, sugar, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.