Name: Wild Fried Rice Recipe
Yield: Serves 2-3 as a main.
Ingredients: 1 scant tablespoon toasted sesame oil; 1 scant tablespoon olive oil; 3 - 4 good quality eggs, well beaten with a big pinch of salt; 1 small red onion, finely chopped; 1 1/2 cups cooked wild rice; 6 ounces extra-firm nigari tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, raw or browned in a skillet ahead of time; 2 big handfuls of pea sprouts, chopped green beans or peas; 1+ tablespoon tamari or soy sauce

Why it works: Sesame and tofu match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 250 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Wild Fried Rice Recipe

Serves 2-3 as a main.

Ingredients

1 scant tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 scant tablespoon olive oil
3 - 4 good quality eggs, well beaten with a big pinch of salt
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 1/2 cups cooked wild rice
6 ounces extra-firm nigari tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, raw or browned in a skillet ahead of time
2 big handfuls of pea sprouts, chopped green beans or peas
1+ tablespoon tamari or soy sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories

29 gProtein

38 gFat

66 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Wild Rice	1 cup cooked (164g)	166
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tofu	100g firm	76
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Green Beans	1 cup (100g)	31
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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.

Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together250 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sesame + wild ricetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Sesame + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,111 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sesame + green beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25 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 green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, olive, egg, onion, wild rice, tofu, sauce):

Welsh onionfits better
Spinachfits better
Chivefits better
Green beansthe original

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

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