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Green Bean Bundles with Bacon and Brown Sugar

Wrapped with a strip of bacon, these green bean bundles add an elegant touch to the Thanksgiving table. To get a head start, you can trim and blanch the beans a day in advance, then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Green Bean Bundles with Bacon and Brown Sugar

Why it works: Garlic and green beans 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 ↓

Green Bean Bundles with Bacon and Brown Sugar

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

229Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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 williamssonoma. 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. Garlic + green beanstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Butter + green beanstop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Butter + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,572 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. 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 (butter, green beans, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Gingerfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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