Name: Miracle Green Bean Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 (10.75 ounce) can low-fat condensed cream of broccoli soup, undiluted; 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream; 2 tablespoons creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 (14.5 ounce) cans French-cut green beans, drained; 2 (14.5 ounce) cans cut green beans, drained; 2 cups Cheddar-flavored French-fried onions

Why it works: Broccoli and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,294 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Miracle Green Bean Casserole

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

1 (10.75 ounce) can low-fat condensed cream of broccoli soup, undiluted
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
2 tablespoons creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 (14.5 ounce) cans French-cut green beans, drained
2 (14.5 ounce) cans cut green beans, drained
2 cups Cheddar-flavored French-fried onions

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories

24 gProtein

7 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Salad Dressing	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.

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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.

Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Broccoli + green beanstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together41 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Broccoli + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Green beans + oniontop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together334 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 green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, broccoli, pepper, onion):

Spinachfits better
Mustardfits better
Potatofits better
Green beansthe original

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

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