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Tonkatsu Ramen Recipe

Making the perfect tonkatsu is a life’s work for most ramen masters.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 22 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Tonkatsu Ramen Recipe

6 people
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories
78 gProtein
54 gFat
33 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
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Kombunot 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 lovefood. 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  4. Garlic + misotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, sugar, pork, onion, garlic, chicken, miso):

  1. Gingerthe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Cuminfits less well
  4. Celeryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, sugar, pork, onion, garlic, chicken, miso. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.