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Vegetable Tofu Fried Noodles

Colorful flavorful vegetarian dish.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Vegetable Tofu Fried Noodles

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1040Calories
48 gProtein
30 gFat
151 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Tofu100g firm76
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Bok Choy1 cup (70g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saucenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Cashew Nutnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Broccoli + cabbagetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Carrot + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, corn, carrot, broccoli, tofu, sauce):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, corn, carrot, broccoli, tofu, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.