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Three Grain Tofu and Egg Stir Fry Recipe

Marinated tofu with rice, pearl barley and chickpeas, served with diced omelette and sweet chilli sauce.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and tofu match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 250 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Three Grain Tofu and Egg Stir Fry Recipe

4 people
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1381Calories
38 gProtein
68 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Coriandernot 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 lovefood. 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. Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  2. Sesame + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Rice + barleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sesame + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, coconut, sesame, tofu, rice, chickpea, barley):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, coconut, sesame, tofu, rice, chickpea, barley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.