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Tofu Burger Recipe

Seasoned with a good amount of cumin, cayenne and mustard, these are hearty, filling, easy to make, dump-everything-in-the-food processor tofu burgers.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Tofu Burger Recipe

Why it works: Cashew nut and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 63 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tofu Burger Recipe

Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

666Calories
33 gProtein
48 gFat
31 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cashew Nutnot in our table0
Briochenot 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 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.

  1. Cashew nut + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cashew nut + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Tofu + cashew nuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Tofu + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, egg, bread, cashew nut, sunflower, mushroom, sauce):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, egg, bread, cashew nut, sunflower, mushroom, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.