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Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Crispy Baked Tofu with Honey-Sesame Glaze

Tender, caramelized brussels sprouts with extra crispy tofu and brown rice, topped with an irresistible sweet-and-spicy glaze. This meal requires some prep work, but once you’re ready, you can cook the rice, sprouts and tofu in about 30 minutes, while making the glaze in the meantime. For a simple side dish, roast 2+ pounds of sprouts and skip the rice and tofu.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Crispy Baked Tofu with Honey-Sesame Glaze

Why it works: Rice and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,994 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Crispy Baked Tofu with Honey-Sesame Glaze

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1178Calories
30 gProtein
35 gFat
188 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Arrowrootnot in our table0
Saucenot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

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

  2. Olive + tofutop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together678 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Rice + arrowroottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rice + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

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

  5. Tofu + arrowroottop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, olive, tofu, sauce, arrowroot, honey, maple syrup):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, olive, tofu, sauce, arrowroot, honey, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.