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Cold Soba Noodles

Cold soba noodles with a big dollop of ginger-scallion paste for the flight to Tokyo, plus pics from Japan, and a link to a few favorite spots in Tokyo.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cold Soba Noodles

Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Cold Soba Noodles

Serves 3-4.
Prep25 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

636Calories
20 gProtein
54 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Radish1/2 cup (58g)12
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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. Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Radish + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Sunflower + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + radishtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Sunflower + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, ginger, sunflower, tofu, radish, pine, chive):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, ginger, sunflower, tofu, radish, pine, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.