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Red Bean and Sausage Cakes with Poached Eggs and Cilantro Salsa

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Red Bean and Sausage Cakes with Poached Eggs and Cilantro Salsa

Why it works: Cumin and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,272 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Red Bean and Sausage Cakes with Poached Eggs and Cilantro Salsa

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

620Calories
43 gProtein
35 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Taconot in our table0
Saucenot 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 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.

  1. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  3. Kidney beans + cumintop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Kidney beans + tomatotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together821 recipes

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

  5. Cumin + plumtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, cumin, egg, plum, tomato):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, cumin, egg, plum, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.