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Grilled Flank Steak with White Beans

For extra flavor, stir 2 minced garlic cloves and 2 Tbs. olive oil together with 1 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. pepper. Rub the mixture all over the uncooked steak. Place in an airtight container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight. Bring the meat to room temperature before grilling.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Grilled Flank Steak with White Beans

Why it works: Beans and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 180 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Grilled Flank Steak with White Beans

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

507Calories
34 gProtein
38 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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. Beans + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  3. Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Chive + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, beans, chive, olive, cheese, lemon):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, beans, chive, olive, cheese, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.