Name: Mindless Meatball Minestrone
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth; 1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth; 1 (18 ounce) package frozen meatballs; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables; 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes; 1/2 cup elbow macaroni; 1 (15 ounce) can light red kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning; 6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Why it works: Chicken and beef match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Mindless Meatball Minestrone

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
1 (18 ounce) package frozen meatballs
1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1/2 cup elbow macaroni
1 (15 ounce) can light red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

667Calories

68 gProtein

40 gFat

6 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Meatball	not in our table	0
Macaroni	not in our table	0
Red Kidney Bean	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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.

Chicken + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,148 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,031 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,490 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Tomato + kidney beanstop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together821 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 kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, beef, tomato, parmesan cheese):

Beansfits better
Peanutfits better
Sesamefits better
Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, beef, tomato, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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