Name: Orange-Ginger-Sesame Tofu
Ingredients: the sauce from the Orange-Ginger-Sesame Chicken recipe; flour; your favorite deep-frying batter; oil with a high smoking point appropriate for deep frying; firm or extra-firm tofu cut into two (2) cm³ cubes; sesame seeds; sesame oil

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 ↓

Orange-Ginger-Sesame Tofu

Ingredients

the sauce from the Orange-Ginger-Sesame Chicken recipe
flour
your favorite deep-frying batter
oil with a high smoking point appropriate for deep frying
firm or extra-firm tofu cut into two (2) cm³ cubes
sesame seeds
sesame oil

Directions

Roll the tofu cubes in flour, subsequently dip them in batter, and deep fry them in batches. They may be refrigerated or frozen until ready for use.
Sauté the deep-fried tofu cubes in a skillet with the sesame oil until desired crispiness is achieved.
Pour an appropriate quantity of sauce over the cubes. Turn until coated and the sauce has thickened and adheres well.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

935Calories

52 gProtein

37 gFat

97 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tofu	100g firm	76
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together250 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,531 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Ginger + tofutop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together284 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Flour + tofutop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together350 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, ginger, sesame, chicken, flour, tofu):

Avocadofits better
Coconutfits better
Limefits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, ginger, sesame, chicken, flour, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.