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Thai Soup

A popular Thai style soup with a delicious and light taste

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cabbage and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,081 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Thai Soup

Serves 5

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
38 gProtein
19 gFat
28 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
Pork100g cooked242
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Seaweednot 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. Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  3. Cabbage + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

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

  4. Tofu + carrottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Tofu + porktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the seaweed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, tofu, carrot, pork, pepper, sugar, fish sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Seaweedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, tofu, carrot, pork, pepper, sugar, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.