Name: Green Beans with Miso and Almonds
Yield: Makes 10 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds fresh green beans; Kosher salt; 1/4 cup white miso (fermented soybean paste); 3 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions, dark-green parts only, divided; 3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar; 2 tablespoons Japanese prepared hot mustard (not wasabi), or 1 tablespoon English mustard powder mixed with 1 tablespoon water; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Why it works: Rice and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,456 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Green Beans with Miso and Almonds

Makes 10 servings

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds fresh green beans
Kosher salt
1/4 cup white miso (fermented soybean paste)
3 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions, dark-green parts only, divided
3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons Japanese prepared hot mustard (not wasabi), or 1 tablespoon English mustard powder mixed with 1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

290Calories

6 gProtein

16 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Miso	1 tbsp (18g)	34
Green Beans	1 cup (100g)	31
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soybean	not in our table	0
Wasabi	not in our table	0
Water	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 epicurious. 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.

Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Soybean + ricetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together41 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Miso + soybeantop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together16 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Green beans + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together116 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (miso, soybean, rice, vinegar, mustard, sugar, almond):

Lettucefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Broccolifits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against miso, soybean, rice, vinegar, mustard, sugar, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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