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Grilled Tofu Salad with Miso Dressing

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Grilled Tofu Salad with Miso Dressing

Why it works: Tofu and miso 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 ↓

Grilled Tofu Salad with Miso Dressing

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

657Calories
11 gProtein
61 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Olive1 large (4g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot 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 steamykitchen. 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. Tofu + misotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Tofu + sesametop 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. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Sesame + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

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

  1. Garlicfits about as well
  2. Gingerthe original
  3. Capersfits less well
  4. Turmericfits less well

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