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Tofu with Pork and Miso

"This is a wonderful dish that goes really well with hot steamed rice. It's also very quick and easy."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Tofu with Pork and Miso

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Tofu with Pork and Miso

3 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories
38 gProtein
34 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Tofu100g firm76
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
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. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

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

  3. Miso + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

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

  5. Miso + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together182 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (miso, sesame, pork, tofu):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Lettucefits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against miso, sesame, pork, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.