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Smoky Tempeh Wedges

A baked tempeh dish flavored with smoked dulse, chipotle, and maple sugar, served as wedges.

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Why it works: Garlic and olive 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 ↓

Smoky Tempeh Wedges

Oven350°F
Timeabout 40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Toast and grind

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place chipotle and dulse on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until crisp, about 10 minutes. Let cool.

  2. In a food processor, blender, or with a mortar and pestle, combine chipotle pepper, dulse, garlic powder, coriander, paprika, bay leaves, caraway seeds, maple sugar, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste. Process to a fine powder (you may have to do this in two batches).

Marinate

  1. In a medium bowl, combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar, blackstrap molasses, and apple cider. Whisk in the spice mixture. Add tempeh to the marinade and toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.

Bake and serve

  1. In a large, shallow baking dish, place the marinated tempeh in a single layer. Bake until the marinade is almost completely absorbed, about 40 minutes. Serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

560Calories
17 gProtein
24 gFat
79 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tempeh100g160
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple Cider1 medium (182g)95
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Caraway Seednot 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.

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  3. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Tempeh
Firm fermented soybean base that holds its shape and soaks up the marinade.
Smoked dulse
Seaweed that adds a savory, smoky flavor to the spice coating.
Maple sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the surface brown in the oven.
Blackstrap molasses
Adds dark color, deep sweetness and some browning to the marinade.
Olive oil
Carries the spices through the marinade and keeps the tempeh moist while baking.
Apple cider vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the marinade and balances the sweetness.

The step that matters

Baking until the marinade is almost absorbed. The marinade contains sugars and molasses that darken quickly as liquid cooks away. Stop at almost fully absorbed, because if the sugars sit too long in dry heat they can scorch and turn bitter, and the tempeh can dry out.

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, coriander, sugar, thyme, pepper, olive, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, coriander, sugar, thyme, pepper, olive, apple cider vinegar. 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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