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Crispy Edamame

"Green soybeans (edamame) are baked under a Parmesan cheese crust, turning a frozen food into a delicious snack!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Crispy Edamame

Why it works: Soybean and olive work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Crispy Edamame

5 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

355Calories
22 gProtein
26 gFat
11 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Edamame1/2 cup (78g) shelled120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soybeannot 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 allrecipes. 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. Soybean + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Olive + parmesan cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Soybean + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Parmesan cheese + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

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

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

Swap the soybean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, parmesan cheese, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, parmesan cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.