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Oven-Baked Coconut Tofu

"A flavorful way to eat tofu. Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Service with white or brown rice."

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Oven-Baked Coconut Tofu

Why it works: Sesame and tofu match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 250 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Oven-Baked Coconut Tofu

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

573Calories
12 gProtein
46 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Tofu100g firm76
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

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

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

  2. Coconut + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Coconut + tofutop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Sesame + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,343 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Coconut + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together969 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, wine, maple syrup, sesame, pepper, tofu):

  1. Avocadofits about as well
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Coconutthe original
  4. Mangofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, wine, maple syrup, sesame, pepper, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.