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Dog Meat Soup

A soup made with boiled dog meat, gravy, taro stalk, green onion, leek, perilla leaves, and seasonings.

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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 ↓

Dog Meat Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the soup

  1. Boil the meat with gravy and taro stalk for some time, then boil again.

  2. Add the vegetables and other ingredients.

Serve

  1. Sprinkle pepper on the soup before eating and serve in an earthen bowl.

Prepare the taro stalk

  1. Keep the taro stalk in cold water for one or two days to remove its smell and taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

64Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot in our table0
Taronot 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.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Leek + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 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

Dog meat
Provides the main protein and savoury meaty flavour of the broth.
Gravy
Forms the liquid base that carries the flavour of the whole soup.
Taro stalk
Adds body and a soft, slightly starchy bite to the soup.
Garlic
Contributes pungent aroma that mellows as the soup cooks.
Ginger
Adds warm, aromatic notes that balance the richness of the meat.

The step that matters

Soaking the taro stalk. Taro stalk holds strong odour and bitter compounds. Soaking it in cold water for one or two days draws these out, so skipping or shortening this step leaves an unpleasant smell and taste in the finished soup.

Swap the taro

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, onion, leek, garlic, pepper, ginger):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Tarothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, onion, leek, garlic, pepper, ginger. 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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