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Cooking for Others: Sunday Supper with Sister & Friends

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Why it works: Rice and tofu work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 220 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cooking for Others: Sunday Supper with Sister & Friends

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1749Calories
53 gProtein
74 gFat
227 gCarbs

Counts 27 of 31 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 27 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Asian Pear1 medium (178g)101
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Tofu100g firm76
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Kiwi1 medium (69g)42
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Fruit Saladnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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.

By biggirlssmallkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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. Rice + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Fish sauce + rice winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Rice + fishtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together270 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Rice + minttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together525 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, tofu, fish, fish sauce, rice wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, tofu, fish, fish sauce, rice wine, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.