Name: Slow-Cooked Green Beans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1-½ pound Green Beans, Washed And Trimmed; ¼ cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 cup Minced Onion; 1 cup Cored, Peeled, Seeded And Chopped Tomatoes (canned Is Fine, Just Drain); ½ cups Water

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Slow-Cooked Green Beans

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1-½ pound Green Beans, Washed And Trimmed
¼ cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup Minced Onion
1 cup Cored, Peeled, Seeded And Chopped Tomatoes (canned Is Fine, Just Drain)
½ cups Water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

216Calories

3 gProtein

14 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Water	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 tastykitchen. 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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Green beans + tomatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together113 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Green beans + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together226 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, olive, tomato):

Capsicumfits better
Cucumberfits better
Eggplantfits better
Onionthe original

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

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