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Frijoles a LA Charra

"This is a really tasty pinto beans recipe made in the slow cooker. This recipe is great to serve along with enchiladas or to take to a barbecue or potluck."

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Frijoles a LA Charra

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Frijoles a LA Charra

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook5 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

289Calories
14 gProtein
4 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pinto Bean1/2 cup (86g) canned122
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Jalapeno1 pepper (14g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, clove, garlic, onion, tomato, pepper, beer):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, clove, garlic, onion, tomato, pepper, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.