Name: French Fry Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef; 1/2 onion, diced; 1/2 green bell pepper, diced; salt and black pepper to taste; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 3/4 cup processed cheese sauce (such as Cheez Whiz®); 1/2 (28 ounce) package frozen shoestring potato fries

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

French Fry Casserole

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
salt and black pepper to taste
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
3/4 cup processed cheese sauce (such as Cheez Whiz®)
1/2 (28 ounce) package frozen shoestring potato fries

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories

42 gProtein

44 gFat

58 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Processed Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Sauce	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.

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.

Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,232 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + potatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,052 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, cream, mushroom, cheese, sauce, potato):

Tomatofits about as well
Capsicumfits about as well
Onionthe original
Spinachfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, cream, mushroom, cheese, sauce, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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