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Green Bean and Yellow Tomato Salad with Mint

For the green beans to absorb the flavor of the mint fully, toss them together while the beans are steaming hot. Yellow tomatoes have a sweeter, less acidic flavor than red tomatoes, but red ones can be substituted, or use equal amounts of each. If using red tomatoes, reduce the amount of red wine vinegar to taste.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Green Bean and Yellow Tomato Salad with Mint

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Green Bean and Yellow Tomato Salad with Mint

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

225Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Green beans + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Tomato + red winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, olive, tomato, onion, red wine, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, olive, tomato, onion, red wine, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.