Name: Thai Green Noodle Soup with Chicken and Prawns Recipe
Yield: 4 large bowls or 4 regular bowls with some extra to save in the fridge!
Ingredients: 1 red pepper, chopped into lengths; 3 pints chicken or vegetable stock; 3 teaspoons Thai green curry paste; 2 skinless chicken breasts (chopped into small chunks); 200g raw king prawns; 1/2 small can of coconut cream; 2 handfuls of rice noodles (rice vermicelli); a few stalks of pak choi or other oriental vegetable; black pepper to taste

Why it works: Coconut and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,063 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Thai Green Noodle Soup with Chicken and Prawns Recipe

4 large bowls or 4 regular bowls with some extra to save in the fridge!

Ingredients

1 red pepper, chopped into lengths
3 pints chicken or vegetable stock
3 teaspoons Thai green curry paste
2 skinless chicken breasts (chopped into small chunks)
200g raw king prawns
1/2 small can of coconut cream
2 handfuls of rice noodles (rice vermicelli)
a few stalks of pak choi or other oriental vegetable
black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories

64 gProtein

46 gFat

68 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6

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.

Coconut + ricetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,063 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Chicken + coconuttop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together808 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + ricetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,379 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Pepper + coconuttop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together969 recipes

Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

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