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Japanese Shrimp Soup Recipe

Japanese shrimp soup not only makes an intriguing start for dinner, it also demonstrates some of the principles of making soup in the microwave. The ginger and...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Japanese Shrimp Soup Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

438Calories
56 gProtein
18 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
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. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

  5. Sesame + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together939 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, sesame, chicken, onion, shrimp):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Gingerthe original
  3. Cuminfits about as well
  4. Turmericfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, sesame, chicken, onion, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.