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Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

Even if you don’t have much chicken left over, you should still make this. A few shreds will be plenty. This is a very laissez-faire recipe: I happily use some leafy greens and a julienned spring onion along with a handful of beansprouts instead of tender-shoot stir-fry. Similarly, udon or soba noodles, spaghetti or linguine could be substituted for vermicelli.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

Serves 2-3 as a main course, 4-6 as a starter
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1050Calories
51 gProtein
59 gFat
85 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
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Chinese Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Tamarindnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + tamarindtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  4. Rice + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,941 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Ginger + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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 (chicken, rice, coconut, milk, fish sauce, turmeric, tamarind):

  1. Cuminfits about as well
  2. Cardamomfits about as well
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Corianderfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, rice, coconut, milk, fish sauce, turmeric, tamarind. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.