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Easy Baked Tempeh

"This has to be one of the easiest recipes I have since the spices work with so many different ingredients. Potatoes also work well with this spice combination. Feel free to add or lessen the amount of spices to your personal taste! Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Easy Baked Tempeh

Why it works: Oregano and marjoram match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 166 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Easy Baked Tempeh

2 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

905Calories
34 gProtein
38 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Tempeh100g160
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Marjoramnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Oregano + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Oregano + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

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

  3. Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Marjoram + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

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

  5. Sunflower + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

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

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, oregano, marjoram, coriander):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, oregano, marjoram, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.