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Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Vietnamese noodle salad with grilled lemongrass tofu.

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Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Why it works: Lemon grass and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

520Calories
19 gProtein
33 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 20 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemon Grassjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Lemon grass + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lemon grass + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, lemon grass, sugar, shallot, garlic, canola oil, pepper):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, lemon grass, sugar, shallot, garlic, canola oil, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.