Name: Sweeper Steak
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes; 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted; 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix; 1/2 cup diced onion

Why it works: Sesame and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Sweeper Steak

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
1/2 cup diced onion

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

480Calories

30 gProtein

34 gFat

13 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Soup	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.

Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,232 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Sesame + mushroomtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together400 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Mushroom + oniontop 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 sesame

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

Sesamethe original
Beansfits about as well
Peanutfits less well
Chestnutfits less well

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

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