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Miso Soup with Tofu and Mushrooms

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Miso Soup with Tofu and Mushrooms

Why it works: Kombu and shiitake share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Miso Soup with Tofu and Mushrooms

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories
16 gProtein
7 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Kombunot in our table0
Seaweednot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Bonitonot 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. Kombu + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Miso + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Shiitake + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Kombu + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 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 seaweed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kombu, bonito, miso, sake, mushroom, shiitake, tofu):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Seaweedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kombu, bonito, miso, sake, mushroom, shiitake, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.