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Vegetarian Country Stew

A hearty vegetarian stew with tofu, vegetables, and broth simmered until tender.

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Why it works: Sweet potato and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Vegetarian Country Stew

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the vegetables

  1. Combine onions, carrot, string beans, potato, 1/4 cup water and salt to taste in a large pot.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Reduce heat to simmer until vegetables are tender (about 20 minutes).

Finish the stew

  1. Mix the rest of the ingredients except frozen peas and add to vegetables in the pot.

  2. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes.

  3. Add peas and cook another 5 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

835Calories
32 gProtein
7 gFat
163 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tofu100g firm76
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Beannot 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.

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

Explore the science

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. Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Carrot + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Tofu + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Tofu puff
Adds protein-rich body and soaks up the broth's savoury flavour as it simmers.
Flour
Thickens the broth into a stew as it cooks with the liquid.
Sweet potato
Breaks down partly as it cooks, adding body and natural sweetness to the stew.
Onions
Soften and sweeten as they cook, forming the savoury base of the stew.

The step that matters

Adding the flour mixture to the vegetables. Flour needs to be fully mixed into the liquid before it goes into the pot, otherwise it clumps. Continued simmering lets the starch swell and thicken the broth evenly.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, onion, carrot, sweet potato, beans, flour, garlic):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, onion, carrot, sweet potato, beans, flour, garlic. 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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