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Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

"Veggie lovers can feast on this filling vegetarian appetizer or meal that can be eaten any time of the day! I fell in love with the veggie lettuce wraps at a famous Chinese chain restaurant, and put my own spin on it."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

Why it works: Cucumber and radish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

8 wraps
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

420Calories
19 gProtein
33 gFat
21 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
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Water Chestnutnot 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. Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cucumber + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Peanut + tofutop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

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

  4. Tofu + water chestnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Peanut + cucumbertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together219 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the water chestnut

The recipe marks water chestnut as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peanut, canola oil, tofu, cucumber, radish, tomato, sauce):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Water chestnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peanut, canola oil, tofu, cucumber, radish, tomato, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.