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Dijon Quinoa & Green Beans

This side dish features quinoa and green beans that are coated in a tangy Dijon sauce. Quick and easy and on the table in under 20 minutes!

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Why it works: Quinoa and green beans work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Rinse the quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer under cold water. Combine the quinoa and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 12 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, bring a pan of boiling water to a boil, add the green beans and cook for 4 minutes until crisp-tender. Drain well.

  3. Remove the quinoa from the heat, keep it covered for 3 minutes, then fluff it with a fork.

  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the Dijon mustard, lemon juice, lime juice and Creole seasoning until smooth.

  5. Add the warm quinoa and green beans to the bowl and toss well to coat. Serve warm, or refrigerate and serve chilled.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Quinoa + green beanstop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Lemon + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Green beans + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together116 recipes

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

  4. Quinoa + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Green beans + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, green beans, lemon, lime):

  1. Broccolibetter flavor fit
  2. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, green beans, lemon, lime. 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).