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Eggs BenaBabs

"My version of eggs benedict. Serve your bacon or sausage on side with vegetables. Everyone loves this."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Eggs BenaBabs

Why it works: Artichoke and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Eggs BenaBabs

4 servings
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

265Calories
11 gProtein
19 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Artichoke1 medium (128g)60
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Artichoke + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Olive + artichoketop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together745 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Artichoke + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together462 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar, artichoke, sauce, egg):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Mustardfits about as well
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar, artichoke, sauce, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.