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Bento Box Soup

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Bento Box Soup

Why it works: Sesame and shiitake match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Bento Box Soup

Makes 6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

786Calories
50 gProtein
51 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Kombunot in our table0
Green Teanot 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 epicurious. 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 + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  2. Kombu + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

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

  3. Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Shiitake + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Kombu + tofutop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sesame, kombu, green tea, shiitake, mushroom, tofu):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sesame, kombu, green tea, shiitake, mushroom, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.