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Green Beans Almondine

This elegant green bean side dish only takes about 10 minutes to prepare.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Green Beans Almondine

Why it works: Shallot and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Green Beans Almondine

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

188Calories
3 gProtein
12 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Shallot + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Green beans + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, butter, shallot, garlic, almond):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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