Name: Simply Elegant Steak and Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds boneless round steak; 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 onion, diced; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1/2 cup sherry; 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt; 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved; 1 cup white rice; 2 cups water

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Simply Elegant Steak and Rice

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds boneless round steak
1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sherry
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved
1 cup white rice
2 cups water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

710Calories

34 gProtein

35 gFat

58 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Mushroom + sherrytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,176 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).
Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Mushroom + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,515 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,433 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, cream, mushroom, sherry, rice):

Garlicthe original
Thymefits about as well
Celeryfits less well
Turmericfits less well

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

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