Name: Cheddar Bratwurst Stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 bratwurst sausages, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 (15 ounce) can green beans, drained; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips; 1 onion, chopped; 8 small red potatoes, cut into bite-size chunks; 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese; 1 cup water; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cheddar Bratwurst Stew

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook3 hr

Ingredients

6 bratwurst sausages, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 (15 ounce) can green beans, drained
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 onion, chopped
8 small red potatoes, cut into bite-size chunks
1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup water
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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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 + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Green beans + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together932 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mushroom + cheddar cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together705 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 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

Flavor stand-ins for the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, mushroom, pepper, onion, potato, cheddar cheese):

Chivebetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Spinachbetter flavor fit
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, mushroom, pepper, onion, potato, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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