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Thai Chili Tofu with Kale & Quinoa

A clean, healthy and nutritious dinner seasoned with a Thai-inspired sauce. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and guilt-free!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Thai Chili Tofu with Kale & Quinoa

Why it works: Quinoa and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Thai Chili Tofu with Kale & Quinoa

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

739Calories
21 gProtein
50 gFat
59 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
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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 tastykitchen. 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. Quinoa + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Lime + kaletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, garlic, pepper, sauce, tofu, olive, kale):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Lemonfits less well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, garlic, pepper, sauce, tofu, olive, kale. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.