Name: Chilled Tofu Salad with Miso-Ginger Vinaigrette Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 medium carrot, peeled; Ice; Salt; 6 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch-long pieces (about 1 1/2 cups); 10 ounces firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 2 medium scallions, thinly sliced on the bias; 1 medium English cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced; 1 small head butter lettuce, washed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces (about 5 cups); 1/4 cup roasted, salted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Why it works: Cucumber and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,409 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chilled Tofu Salad with Miso-Ginger Vinaigrette Recipe

4 to 6 servings

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 medium carrot, peeled
Ice
Salt
6 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch-long pieces (about 1 1/2 cups)
10 ounces firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 medium scallions, thinly sliced on the bias
1 medium English cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced
1 small head butter lettuce, washed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces (about 5 cups)
1/4 cup roasted, salted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

460Calories

19 gProtein

31 gFat

33 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Tofu	100g firm	76
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By chow. 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.

Cucumber + lettucetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,409 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Green beans + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together95 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + lettucetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Lettuce + peanuttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together170 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Green beans + lettucetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together15 recipes

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

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, tofu, cucumber, butter, lettuce, peanut):

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Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, tofu, cucumber, butter, lettuce, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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