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Coconut Chicken Soup

"It is a northern Thai soup called Tom Khai Gai. Much of the flavor comes from the garnish that is added after it is cooked: the fresh lime, chiles, coriander leaves, and the roasted chili curry paste. This soup will have a bite to it no matter what you do, but you can modify the spiciness by changing the peppers and the amount of chili paste that you use."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Coconut Chicken Soup

Why it works: Lemon grass and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 407 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Chicken Soup

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

543Calories
36 gProtein
31 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemon Grassjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1

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. Lemon grass + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together407 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + lemon grasstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together274 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lemon grass + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  5. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (coconut, milk, lemon grass, lime, chicken, fish sauce, sugar):

  1. Corianderfits about as well
  2. Turmericfits about as well
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Cinnamonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, lemon grass, lime, chicken, fish sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.