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Thai Green Curry Soup

Quick but super tasty, this is my reinvention of an amazing green curry I had at a market in Bangkok

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and coconut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,168 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Thai Green Curry Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

738Calories
14 gProtein
59 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Beannot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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 + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Beans + tofutop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Coconut + tofutop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Ginger + tofutop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, beans, tofu):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, beans, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.