Name: One-Pot Chicken Sausage & Bean Ragout Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; 8 chicken sausages (such as 5th Avenue Grill), cut into half-circles; 1 large onion, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 (14 oz.) can reduced-sodium black beans, rinsed & drained; 1 (28 oz. ) can petite diced tomatoes; 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth; 1/2 tsp ground pepper; 5 basil leaves, thinly sliced

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

One-Pot Chicken Sausage & Bean Ragout Recipe

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1 tsp olive oil
8 chicken sausages (such as 5th Avenue Grill), cut into half-circles
1 large onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 (14 oz.) can reduced-sodium black beans, rinsed & drained
1 (28 oz. ) can petite diced tomatoes
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 tsp ground pepper
5 basil leaves, thinly sliced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

776Calories

53 gProtein

45 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookincanuck. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,713 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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 (olive, chicken, onion, garlic, beans, tomato, pepper):

Cuminfits better
Thymefits better
Basilfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, onion, garlic, beans, tomato, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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