Name: Heartwarming Beef Stew Skillet
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 (.87 ounce) packages brown gravy mix; 2 cups cold water; 1 (14.5 ounce) can Hunt's® Stewed Tomatoes, undrained; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen vegetables for stew, thawed

Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Heartwarming Beef Stew Skillet

4 servings

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 (.87 ounce) packages brown gravy mix
2 cups cold water
1 (14.5 ounce) can Hunt's® Stewed Tomatoes, undrained
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 (16 ounce) package frozen vegetables for stew, thawed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

526Calories

28 gProtein

42 gFat

7 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 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
Beef	100g cooked	250
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Water	not in our table	0
Stew	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.

Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,469 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Beef + saucetop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,650 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the tomato

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

Capsicumfits about as well
Tomatothe original
Onionfits less well
Carrotfits less well

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

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