Name: Moroccan Beet Leaf or Swiss Chard Salad
Yield: 4 to 6 Servings
Ingredients: 1/3 cup peanut, grapeseed, or vegetable oil; 2 bunches of Swiss chard or beet leaves with stems, coarsely chopped (about 1 pound); 4 cloves garlic, minced; Salt to taste; 1 teaspoon sweet paprika; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon , or to taste; 1/4 cup white vinegar or lemon juice; Freshly ground pepper to taste

Why it works: Chard and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Moroccan Beet Leaf or Swiss Chard Salad

4 to 6 Servings

Ingredients

1/3 cup peanut, grapeseed, or vegetable oil
2 bunches of Swiss chard or beet leaves with stems, coarsely chopped (about 1 pound)
4 cloves garlic, minced
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon , or to taste
1/4 cup white vinegar or lemon juice
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

348Calories

10 gProtein

28 gFat

20 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Swiss Chard	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 epicurious. 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.

Chard + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together246 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chard + cumintop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together22 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,306 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together877 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chard, clove, garlic, cumin, vinegar, pepper):

Lentilsfits better
Chickpeafits better
Black-eyed peafits better
Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chard, clove, garlic, cumin, vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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