Name: Eye of Round Steak and Ketchup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 (1 1/2 pound) round steak, cut into serving-size pieces; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed; 1 (14 ounce) bottle ketchup; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cups warm water

Why it works: Flour and ketchup are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,435 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Eye of Round Steak and Ketchup

6 servings

Prep5 min

Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 (1 1/2 pound) round steak, cut into serving-size pieces
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
1 (14 ounce) bottle ketchup
1 onion, chopped
2 cups warm water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

890Calories

41 gProtein

30 gFat

110 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Flour + ketchuptop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,435 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Flour + oniontop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together32,460 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ketchup + oniontop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,997 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, ketchup):

Arrowrootfits better
Horseradishfits better
Shallotfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, ketchup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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