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Ginger-Poached Noodles Recipe

Poached spinach noodles, tofu, and baby broccoli in ginger broth. Finished with a splash of soy sauce, mint, basil, lime juice and red pepper flakes. Quick, simple, and invigorating.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Ginger-Poached Noodles Recipe

Why it works: Broccoli and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 302 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Ginger-Poached Noodles Recipe

Serves 2-3.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

452Calories
15 gProtein
33 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Peppermintnot 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 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. Broccoli + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together302 recipes

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

  2. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Basil + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Broccoli + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together287 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, tofu, broccoli, spinach, sauce, basil, lime):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, tofu, broccoli, spinach, sauce, basil, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.