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8 Treasures

"Chinese soup filled with yummy ingredients like tofu, shrimps, corn and much, much more. Sure to satisfy people who crave for Chinese foods!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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8 Treasures

Why it works: Beef and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,232 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

8 Treasures

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1455Calories
111 gProtein
56 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Waternot 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 allrecipes. 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. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

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

  3. Mushroom + corntop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together399 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Mushroom + leektop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Tofu + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together69 recipes

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

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, shrimp, ham, mushroom, tofu, cream, corn):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, shrimp, ham, mushroom, tofu, cream, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.