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Miso Vegetables & Tofu

A one-dish meal, inspired by a recipe in Harumi Kurihara's Everyday Harumi - asparagus, broccoli, and tofu tossed with a salty-sweet miso dressing.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Miso Vegetables & Tofu

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Miso Vegetables & Tofu

Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

206Calories
10 gProtein
6 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

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. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Miso + saketop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Pepper + tofutop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Miso + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Miso + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: butanol (wine).

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