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Two Minute Chili Pie

"This is a super quick meat pie for busy moms. It even lets you sneak some green beans into your kids. Cheddar may be substituted with Colby, Jack, or any other favorite hard cheese."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Two Minute Chili Pie

Why it works: Beans and green beans share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 36 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Two Minute Chili Pie

1 deep dish pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

152Calories
8 gProtein
10 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0

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.

  1. Beans + green beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Beans + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together525 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Green beans + cheddar cheesetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 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 green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, cheddar cheese):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

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