Name: Shortcut Beef Stew
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup (Regular or 25% Less Sodium); 1 (10.5 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed French Onion Soup; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 (24 ounce) bag frozen vegetables for stew (potatoes, carrots, celery)

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Shortcut Beef Stew

4 servings

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup (Regular or 25% Less Sodium)
1 (10.5 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed French Onion Soup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 (24 ounce) bag frozen vegetables for stew (potatoes, carrots, celery)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

756Calories

34 gProtein

43 gFat

60 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Soup	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.

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,377 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Tomato + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,798 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, tomato, sauce, potato, carrot, celery):

Capsicumfits better
Onionthe original
Parsnipfits about as well
Turnipfits about as well

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

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