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Quick & Easy Spicy Asian Soup Recipe

I make a soup with either Tofu, or any leftover fish.... halibut, tilapia, salmon, sea bass, etc. It only takes 10 minutes to make from start to finish, but it...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Quick & Easy Spicy Asian Soup Recipe

2 servings, or 1 really big serving

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

577Calories
31 gProtein
46 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Beannot in our table0
Soupnot 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 chow. 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. Spinach + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

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

  2. Miso + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  4. Spinach + misotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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