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Chinese Cabbage Soup Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Cabbage and ginger work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 545 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chinese Cabbage Soup Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories
33 gProtein
4 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Chinese Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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. Cabbage + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together545 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + gingertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Ginger + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chicken + cabbagetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together436 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Chicken + saucetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ginger, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

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