Name: Dirty-Rice Collard Green Bundles
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 large onion, finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons canola oil; One 28-ounce can plain tomato sauce; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 large bunch collard greens (about 18 leaves), stalks discarded; 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1/2 pound pork sweet Italian sausage, removed from casing; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and finely chopped; 2 stalks celery, finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 cup chicken broth; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 cups cooked long-grain white rice; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + appletop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,774 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, clove, garlic, canola oil, tomato, sauce, sugar):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Cherryfits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, clove, garlic, canola oil, tomato, sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Collard Greens	1 cup (36g) raw	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Dirty-Rice Collard Green Bundles