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Chicken Fried Tofu W/ Cream Gravy

Baked tofu slices marinated in olive oil, garlic, tamari, and bread crumbs, served with a cream gravy.

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Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Chicken Fried Tofu W/ Cream Gravy

Oven400-degree oven
Time15 minutes per side

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat a 400-degree oven.

  2. Slice tofu into 0.25-to-0.5-inch slices.

  3. Put the first three ingredients (olive oil, garlic, tamari) in a blender and run for a bit on high speed.

Marinate and bake

  1. Marinate the sliced tofu in the mixture for about 15 minutes on each side.

  2. Dredge the tofu slices in bread crumbs.

  3. Bake the tofu on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes per side.

Make the cream gravy

  1. Make a white sauce by making a roux of 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, and cook the roux for a couple of minutes.

  2. Add 1 cup of hot, scalded milk to the roux and bring the sauce to a boil.

  3. Reduce heat, add salt and two dashes of Tabasco.

Serve

  1. Serve the tofu with the cream gravy, optionally with rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

663Calories
22 gProtein
20 gFat
99 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Garlic + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together604 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Tofu
Forms the main body of the dish, with a firm texture that holds up to baking.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp coating that browns in the oven.
Tamari
Adds salty, savory flavor to the marinated tofu.
Olive oil
Adds fat that carries flavor and helps the coating brown.
Garlic
Adds aroma and pungent flavor to the marinade.

The step that matters

Cooking the roux for a couple of minutes. Cooking flour in fat for a short time cooks out its raw, pasty taste and lets the flour thicken the milk evenly when it is added.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, bread, tofu):

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

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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