Name: Black Bean Feijoada
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 medium onions, chopped; 2 tablespoons grated ginger; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional); 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 2 cans black beans (15 oz ea); 2 tablespoons ume plum vinegar; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 3 sweet red peppers, roasted and peeled (optional)

Why it works: Cumin and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Black Bean Feijoada

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 medium onions, chopped
2 tablespoons grated ginger
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 cans black beans (15 oz ea)
2 tablespoons ume plum vinegar
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 sweet red peppers, roasted and peeled (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

97Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Capsicum	not in our table	0
Beans	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.

Recipe from Foodista.

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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.

Cumin + beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,188 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,733 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,853 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,498 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, ginger, pepper, cumin, beans, vinegar):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Cherryfits better
Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, ginger, pepper, cumin, beans, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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