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Green Beans with Miso Butter

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Green Beans with Miso Butter

Why it works: Shallot and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Green Beans with Miso Butter

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

513Calories
5 gProtein
40 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

  1. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Miso + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Miso + saketop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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 (butter, miso, pepper, shallot, garlic, clove, sake):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, miso, pepper, shallot, garlic, clove, sake. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.