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Hot and Sour Soup

This soup is an amazing blend of hot and sour, one that is sure to warm you on a cold day!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Hot and Sour Soup

Why it works: Tofu and bamboo shoots share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Hot and Sour Soup

Serves 6
Prep1 hr
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1391Calories
90 gProtein
57 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Woodnot in our table0
Bamboo Shootsnot in our table0
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 tastykitchen. 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. Tofu + bamboo shootstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Ginger + bamboo shootstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Bamboo shoots + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Mushroom + bamboo shootstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Ginger + tofutop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 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 white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, ginger, mushroom, tofu, bamboo shoots, rice, vinegar):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, ginger, mushroom, tofu, bamboo shoots, rice, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.