Name: Lemon Noodle Soup
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 cups Low Sodium Chicken Stock; 1 cup Water; 1 Tablespoon Melted Lightly Salted Butter; 2 whole Lemons (washed, Zest And Juice); 1 teaspoon Black Pepper; ½ teaspoons Onion Powder; 2 Tablespoons Fresh Chopped Parsley; 2 cups Thin Egg Noodles; ¼ cups Light Cream

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lemon Noodle Soup

Serves 4

Prep6 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

3 cups Low Sodium Chicken Stock
1 cup Water
1 Tablespoon Melted Lightly Salted Butter
2 whole Lemons (washed, Zest And Juice)
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
½ teaspoons Onion Powder
2 Tablespoons Fresh Chopped Parsley
2 cups Thin Egg Noodles
¼ cups Light Cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

459Calories

40 gProtein

26 gFat

16 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, lemon, pepper, parsley, egg, cream):

Spinachfits better
Potatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, lemon, pepper, parsley, egg, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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