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White Chili with Ground Turkey

"A great alternative to regular chili. This dish has a unique taste that even the pickiest eater will enjoy. Make sure you spice this one to taste! Garnish with cheese, salsa, sour cream and cilantro leaves, and serve with rolled tortillas on the side."

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Why it works: Oregano and white pepper work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 87 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.

  2. Add the minced garlic and ground turkey. Cook, breaking up the turkey, until no pink remains and it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part, about 8 minutes.

  3. Stir in the green chiles, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, cayenne and white pepper. Cook 1 minute until fragrant.

  4. Add the cannellini beans with their liquid and the chicken broth. Bring to a gentle boil.

  5. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the flavors blend and the chili thickens slightly.

  6. Taste and adjust the cayenne and white pepper as desired.

  7. Ladle the chili into bowls and top each serving with shredded Monterey Jack cheese.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Oregano + white peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cumin + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Cumin + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Garlic + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, turkey, pepper, cumin, oregano, white pepper):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  3. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, turkey, pepper, cumin, oregano, white pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).