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Orange Beef-Style Tofu Stir-Fry

"When I get a craving for orange beef, I make up this tofu stir-fry! Pieces of firm tofu in a mildly spicy orange sauce. Serve over rice noodles, and use any vegetables you like!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Orange Beef-Style Tofu Stir-Fry

Why it works: Orange and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Orange Beef-Style Tofu Stir-Fry

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

803Calories
24 gProtein
20 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
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. Orange + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together737 recipes

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

  2. Tofu + carrottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together203 recipes

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

  3. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Tofu + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together262 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Tofu + orangetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, sauce, sugar, carrot):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, sauce, sugar, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.