Name: Strange But True Casserole
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound ground turkey; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 2 tablespoons ground black pepper; 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 1 yellow onion, chopped; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 2 (14.75 ounce) cans spaghetti with meat sauce; 1 cup Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs

Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Strange But True Casserole

6 servings

Prep25 min

Cook35 min

Ingredients

1 pound ground turkey
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 (14.75 ounce) cans spaghetti with meat sauce
1 cup Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

771Calories

49 gProtein

11 gFat

116 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 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
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Soup	not in our table	0
Meat	not in our table	0
Sauce	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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,626 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, garlic, pepper, cream, mushroom, meat, sauce):

Spinachfits about as well
Capsicumfits about as well
Shallotfits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, garlic, pepper, cream, mushroom, meat, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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