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Simple Bhutani Soup

A simple soup made with mushrooms, ramen noodles, water, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Simple Bhutani Soup

Time3 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Fry the vegetables

  1. Fry mushrooms and garlic in oil.

Simmer and serve

  1. Add water and the flavour packs from the instant noodles, then bring to a boil.

  2. Add the noodles and simmer 3 minutes.

  3. Add onions and your choice of any garnishes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

226Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Mushroom + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Mushroom + winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,632 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

  5. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Mushrooms
Browns in the hot oil, adding savoury depth and body to the broth.
Garlic
Adds aroma as it fries in the oil.
Ramen noodles
Provide the starchy body of the soup and soften as they simmer in the broth.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the savoury broth.

The step that matters

Simmer the noodles 3 minutes. Noodles keep softening in hot broth after they are cut from the heat, so timing the simmer carefully keeps their texture firm rather than mushy.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, garlic, clove, sherry, wine, sauce, onion):

  1. Plumfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, garlic, clove, sherry, wine, sauce, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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