Name: Oven Fried Tofu Sticks Recipe
Yield: 2-4 servings depending on who you're feeding
Ingredients: 1 pound firm tofu; 2 cups bread crumbs, either panko, or crackers will do. Cornflakes or crisp rice might be nice too...; 2 TSBP cornstarch; 1 egg; 1/4 cup of milk or water; 1 tsp salt; Seasonings of your choice- I used some garlic powder, dried parsley, salt, fresh ground pepper; The sauce is 1 part fish sauce to 3 parts lime juice, a tbsp of honey, whisk together. Add some chopped scallions and thinly sliced chilies.

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Oven Fried Tofu Sticks Recipe

2-4 servings depending on who you're feeding

Ingredients

1 pound firm tofu
2 cups bread crumbs, either panko, or crackers will do. Cornflakes or crisp rice might be nice too...
2 TSBP cornstarch
1 egg
1/4 cup of milk or water
1 tsp salt
Seasonings of your choice- I used some garlic powder, dried parsley, salt, fresh ground pepper
The sauce is 1 part fish sauce to 3 parts lime juice, a tbsp of honey, whisk together. Add some chopped scallions and thinly sliced chilies.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1103Calories

43 gProtein

20 gFat

189 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tofu	100g firm	76
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
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.

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.

Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Tofu + garlictop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together604 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,466 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, bread, egg, milk, parsley, pepper, sauce):

Nutmegfits better
Capersfits better
Tarragonfits about as well
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, bread, egg, milk, parsley, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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