Why it works: Soybean and pork work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓
Baked Sot Beans
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare the soybeans
Soak the yellow soybeans in water for 48 hours.
Boil the soaked soybeans for about 30 minutes.
Bake
Combine the boiled soybeans with the pork in a baking dish.
Bake in a 300°F (150°C) oven for 12 hours.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Soybean + porktop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together22 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
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What each ingredient does
- Yellow soybeans
- Form the main body of the dish; soaking and boiling soften their starches and proteins so they become tender.
- Pork
- Adds fat and savory flavor that spreads into the beans during the long bake.
The step that matters
Baking for 12 hours at 300°F (150°C). Long, low heat slowly softens the beans and lets the pork fat and juices penetrate them. Heat that is too high can split the bean skins or dry the dish before the beans turn creamy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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