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Three Ingredient Overnight Steel Cut Oats

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Three Ingredient Overnight Steel Cut Oats

Why it works: Cinnamon and star anise match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 312 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Three Ingredient Overnight Steel Cut Oats

Serves 6
Prep2 min
Cook1 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories
6 gProtein
3 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Star Anisenot in our table0

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.

  1. Cinnamon + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Oats + star anisetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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