Name: Sweet Green Bean Bundles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 (14.5 ounce) cans whole green beans, drained; 1 pound bacon, cut in half; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon garlic salt

Why it works: Green beans and garlic work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 197 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sweet Green Bean Bundles

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

3 (14.5 ounce) cans whole green beans, drained
1 pound bacon, cut in half
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon garlic salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

225Calories

4 gProtein

15 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together197 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Green beans + buttertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together154 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + garlictop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,572 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Green beans + sugartop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together115 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 (green beans, butter, sugar):

Cinnamonfits better
Nutmegfits about as well
Gingerfits about as well
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, butter, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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