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Slow Cook 3-Bean Chili

"This is a wonderfully filling (high protein) yet yummy 3-bean, gluten-free, and vegetarian chili. I like to serve this chili over gluten-free macaroni and top it with shredded cheddar cheese and Greek yogurt."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Kidney beans and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 364 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

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12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 hr

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Kidney beans + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,711 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Lentils + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Beans + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lentils

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kidney beans, corn, tomato, beans, sugar, cumin, olive):

  1. Lima beansbetter flavor fit
  2. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  3. Peasabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Lentilsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kidney beans, corn, tomato, beans, sugar, cumin, olive. 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).