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Udon Noodles in Miso Broth with Stir-fried Greens and Shichimi Pepper

This healthy noodle soup combines heady “umami” Japanese flavours. You can find most of the ingredients in an Asian supermarket.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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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 ↓

Udon Noodles in Miso Broth with Stir-fried Greens and Shichimi Pepper

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

519Calories
18 gProtein
34 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Kombunot in our table0
Seaweednot 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 bbcfood. 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. Garlic + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Tofu + shiitaketop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

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

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, ginger, miso, sugar, tofu, garlic, shiitake):

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

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