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Eggplant Burgers

"This is the veggie burger supreme - the easiest and MOST ECONOMICAL burger of all. A single medium-sized eggplant (together with the usual trimmings) feeds a family of six. Use whatever types of cheese and burger toppings to suit your family's taste."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Eggplant Burgers

Why it works: Lettuce and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,356 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Eggplant Burgers

6 burgers
Prep7 min
Cook7 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

656Calories
44 gProtein
42 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Lettuce + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Eggplant + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Eggplant + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Lettuce + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.