Name: Turkey, Corn & Black Bean Chili
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; ½ whole Large Yellow Onions, Diced; 2 cloves Garlic, Minced; 1 pinch Salt And Pepper, to taste; 1-½ pound Ground Turkey; 10 whole Roma Tomatoes, Diced; 2 teaspoons Chili Powder; ½ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes; ½ teaspoons Smoked Paprika; 1 dash Hot Sauce; ¼ cups Corn Kernels (fresh, Canned Or Frozen); 1-½ cup Black Beans, Cooked And Drained (canned Is Fine); ½ cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese For Garnish; ½ cups Plain Greek Yogurt, For Garnish; 3 whole Green Onions, Chopped For Garnish

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,058 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, garlic, pepper, turkey, tomato, sauce):

Thymebetter flavor fit
Basilbetter flavor fit
Parsleybetter flavor fit
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, garlic, pepper, turkey, tomato, sauce. 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).

Turkey, Corn & Black Bean Chili