Name: Three Bean Salad
Ingredients: 1 shallot, finely chopped; 1 finely grated lemon zest; 1/4 fresh lemon juice; 1 15-ounce can butter beans or lima beans, rinsed; 1 15-ounce can black-eyed peas or navy beans, rinsed; 1/2 lb. green beans, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1/2 chopped fresh dill; 1/3 extra-virgin olive oil; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Three Bean Salad

Ingredients

1 shallot, finely chopped
1 finely grated lemon zest
1/4 fresh lemon juice
1 15-ounce can butter beans or lima beans, rinsed
1 15-ounce can black-eyed peas or navy beans, rinsed
1/2 lb. green beans, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 chopped fresh dill
1/3 extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories

18 gProtein

26 gFat

57 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Navy Bean	1/2 cup (91g) cooked	127
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Lima Bean	1/2 cup (85g) cooked	108
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Black-Eyed Pea	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 bonappetit. 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.

Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Shallot + black-eyed peatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together91 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, lemon, butter, black-eyed pea, dill, olive, pepper):

Kalefits better
Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, lemon, butter, black-eyed pea, dill, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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