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Tempeh Kabobs with Moroccan Couscous

"Soaked in a delectable honey soy marinade, and paired with grilled vegetables and a Moroccan-style couscous, both meat eaters and vegetarians will enjoy this dinner."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Tempeh Kabobs with Moroccan Couscous

Why it works: Eggplant and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 943 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Tempeh Kabobs with Moroccan Couscous

4 servings
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

856Calories
32 gProtein
25 gFat
140 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 20 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Tempeh100g160
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Beannot 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. Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

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

  3. Cherry tomato + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Eggplant + gingertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Eggplant + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, eggplant, pepper, olive, sauce, honey, ginger):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, eggplant, pepper, olive, sauce, honey, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.