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Devilled Tofu Kebabs

A low fat vegetarian kebab to bring out the devil in you

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Devilled Tofu Kebabs

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Devilled Tofu Kebabs

Serves 4
Prep25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

387Calories
16 gProtein
6 gFat
74 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tofu100g firm76
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Sunflower + mustardtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Potato + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Shallot + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 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 potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, tomato, sauce, sunflower, honey, mustard, tofu):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, tomato, sauce, sunflower, honey, mustard, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.