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Caramelized Onion Hummus

Caramelized onions add sweet flavors to plain hummus. You can make this hummus in 10 minutes with only 5 ingredients.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Caramelized Onion Hummus

Why it works: Olive and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,015 recipes. Both carry methyl butyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Caramelized Onion Hummus

Serves 10
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories
9 gProtein
16 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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 + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Lemon + chickpeatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together527 recipes

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

  3. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  4. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  5. Onion + chickpeatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together860 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, lemon, chickpea):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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