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Quinoa Edamame Sushi Bowl

A delicious deconstructed sushi bowl packed with plant-based protein and lots of vegetables. This bowl is full of flavor as well as vitamins and minerals. The tahini wasabi dressing adds to the sushi flavor!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Quinoa Edamame Sushi Bowl

Why it works: Quinoa and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Quinoa Edamame Sushi Bowl

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

963Calories
37 gProtein
58 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Edamame1/2 cup (78g) shelled120
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Saladnot in our table0
Wasabinot in our table0
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 + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Tofu + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  3. Avocado + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sesame + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Quinoa + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, quinoa, sauce, sesame, avocado, onion, cucumber):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, quinoa, sauce, sesame, avocado, onion, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.