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Chili-Rubbed Steak with Roasted Pepper Salad

Smoky steak and peppers with crunchy croutons and tangy red wine vinegar dressing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Chili-Rubbed Steak with Roasted Pepper Salad

Why it works: Shallot and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Chili-Rubbed Steak with Roasted Pepper Salad

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

626Calories
39 gProtein
37 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Shallot + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Shallot + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, pepper, olive, lettuce, basil, parmesan cheese, red wine):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, pepper, olive, lettuce, basil, parmesan cheese, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.