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Sonoma Succotash Salad

Combining grilled sweet corn with fresh beans makes a succotash far beyond what we remember from the grade school cafeteria. If fresh fava beans are not available, substitute precooked shelled edamame beans.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 22 ingredients
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Sonoma Succotash Salad

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sonoma Succotash Salad

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

760Calories
22 gProtein
43 gFat
81 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 21 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lima Bean1/2 cup (85g) cooked108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Champagnenot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Chervilnot 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 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. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,502 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 white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, champagne, vinegar, mustard, shallot, corn, butter):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, champagne, vinegar, mustard, shallot, corn, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.