Ingredient
Mapo tofu sauce
Three views of what mapo tofu sauce relates to — by recipe co-occurrence, blended, and aroma chemistry. Scores are cosine similarities in 300-D Metapath2Vec space.
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Relations
Cooks with
Recipe co-occurrenceThings this is cooked with in real recipes — strongest cue for partners on the plate.
- Hunan chopped chili0.39
- Crab claw fish0.38
- Ssamjang0.37
- Rice tofu0.34
- Preserved cabbage0.34
- Mung bean jelly0.34
- Mala sauce0.34
- Daylily flower0.33
- Garlic scape0.32
- Doubanjiang0.32
- Buldak sauce0.31
- Shrimp mushroom0.31
- Filefish0.31
- Qingjiang fish0.31
- Chunjang0.30
- Hot pot base0.30
- Litsea cubeba0.30
- Sanzi0.29
- Taro stem0.29
- Sweet potato leaf0.29
Blended
Chemistry + recipe contextSimilar in both chemistry and recipe use — the most versatile lens.
- Doubanjiang0.75
- Hot pot base0.74
- Mala sauce0.74
- Light soy sauce0.73
- Fish tofu0.72
- Sichuan peppercorn0.71
- Dried tofu0.71
- Soybean paste0.71
- Shaoxing wine0.70
- Celtuce0.70
- Oyster sauce0.70
- Lotus root0.70
- Crab claw fish0.70
- Dark soy sauce0.69
- Dry pot sauce0.69
- Garlic scape0.69
- Qingjiang fish0.69
- Tofu0.69
- Tofu skin0.68
- Frog leg0.68
Tastes like
Aroma-chemistry profileShares aroma compounds — best for direct substitutions.
- Stinky mandarin fish0.43
- Mustard root0.42
- Dry pot sauce0.42
- Blood tofu0.41
- Rice tofu0.39
- Doubanjiang0.39
- Sea lettuce0.37
- Termite mushroom0.37
- Mala sauce0.37
- Sword bean0.37
- Tofu pudding0.36
- Qingjiang fish0.35
- Yibin yacai0.35
- Shrimp mushroom0.35
- Fried dough twist0.35
- Preserved cabbage0.34
- Daylily flower0.34
- Hot pot base0.34
- Zha cai0.34
- Dried ganba mushroom0.34
Flavor modes
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Blended
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