Name: Minestrone to Die for
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound cubed stew meat OR round steak; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed minestrone soup; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup; 2 1/2 cups water; 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix

Minestrone to Die for

"This delicious and easy minestrone is made in the morning and cooks all day in the oven for a wonderful soup your family will love. Sometimes I'll add a can of beans, or frozen corn, or cooked carrots, if I have it on hand. If not, though, it's delicious as is!!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients

Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,633 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Minestrone to Die for

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook8 hr

Ingredients

1 pound cubed stew meat OR round steak
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed minestrone soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
2 1/2 cups water
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

316Calories

28 gProtein

15 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Soup	not in our table	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.

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.

Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Meat + oniontop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,364 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Meat + tomatotop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,438 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (meat, onion):

Potatofits better
Mustardfits better
Leekfits better
Tomatothe original

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

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