Name: Chinese Noodles with Tofu & Hazelnuts
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 250g packet medium egg noodle; 2 tbsp olive oil; handful coriander , roughly chopped; 300g mangetout; 1 red chilli , seeded and finely chopped; handful toasted hazelnuts , roughly chopped; 349g pack silken tofu , cut into cubes; 3 tbsp Chinese yellow beans sauce

Why it works: Olive and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,470 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Chinese Noodles with Tofu & Hazelnuts

Serves 4

Ingredients

250g packet medium egg noodle
2 tbsp olive oil
handful coriander , roughly chopped
300g mangetout
1 red chilli , seeded and finely chopped
handful toasted hazelnuts , roughly chopped
349g pack silken tofu , cut into cubes
3 tbsp Chinese yellow beans sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

273Calories

14 gProtein

24 gFat

2 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 7 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tofu	100g firm	76
Coriander	not in our table	0
Hazelnut	not in our table	0
Bean	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 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.

Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Coriander + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,261 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,615 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Tofu + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Hazelnut + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together26 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, olive, coriander, tofu, beans, sauce):

Sesamefits better
Chickpeafits better
Cashew nutfits better
Hazelnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, olive, coriander, tofu, beans, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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