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Stove Top Tofu Chili

"I experimented with tofu one night because I didn't have ground beef on hand. This makes a lot but stores really well in the fridge to be reheated! Definitely good for those who are weary to try tofu."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Stove Top Tofu Chili

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Stove Top Tofu Chili

8 cups
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

468Calories
22 gProtein
21 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Corn + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,099 recipes

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

  5. Clove + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, clove, garlic, onion, celery, corn, tomato):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, clove, garlic, onion, celery, corn, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.