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Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry

"The dipping sauce for our Sake Shrimp Skewers doubles as a sauce in this light and fragrant tofu and vegetable stir fry. Reserve the sesame seeds and cilantro for garnish if desired. Serve as an entrée or side dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry

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 ↓

Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1057Calories
26 gProtein
34 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Citrusnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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. Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  2. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Sake + winetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one (catty, blackcurrant).

  5. Ginger + tofutop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sake, sauce, wine, sesame, ginger, tofu, sugar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

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