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Simple Miso, Tofu and Mushroom Ramen

Serve the family something different for dinner: a rich miso and mushroom broth with golden tofu and soft-boiled eggs.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Simple Miso, Tofu and Mushroom Ramen

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Simple Miso, Tofu and Mushroom Ramen

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

413Calories
26 gProtein
24 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Waternot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Chestnutnot 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. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Sunflower + chestnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Tofu + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Miso + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetoin (butter, cream).

  5. Miso + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together182 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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 (mushroom, sauce, miso, egg, tofu, sunflower, chestnut):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, sauce, miso, egg, tofu, sunflower, chestnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.