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Sweet Sesame Green Beans

Sweet Sesame Green Beans are great right out of the oven or chilled as a snack.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sweet Sesame Green Beans

Why it works: Olive and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,111 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sweet Sesame Green Beans

Serves 5
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

333Calories
2 gProtein
28 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

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

  2. Green beans + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Green beans + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  5. Green beans + peppertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together369 recipes

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

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 (olive, sesame, sugar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sesame, sugar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.