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Stir-Fried Green Beans with Tamari Almonds

This fresh-tasting dish complements pan-seared shrimp or chicken. Tamari, like soy sauce, is made from soybeans, but without the wheat that soy sauce contains. It is thicker and has a slightly milder, but more complex, taste.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Stir-Fried Green Beans with Tamari Almonds

Why it works: Sesame and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 349 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Stir-Fried Green Beans with Tamari Almonds

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

738Calories
14 gProtein
43 gFat
73 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
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. Sesame + peanuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Almond + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  3. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Almond + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

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 (almond, sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame, peanut, garlic):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame, peanut, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.