Name: Rainbow Veggie and Beet Chili
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 6 whole Tomatillos; 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Or Olive Oil, Plus More For Drizzling Over The Tomatillo Pan, Divided Use; 2 cups Chopped Yellow Onion; 3 Tablespoons Minced Garlic; 1 whole Medium Jalapeno Pepper; Stemmed, Seeded, And Minced; 3 cups Chopped Bell Peppers, Any Color; 1-½ cup Diced Carrots, 1/4" Dice; 2 whole Medium Red Beets, Peeled And Diced Same Size As Carrots; 2 Tablespoons Chili Powder; 1 Tablespoon Cumin; ¼ teaspoons Ground Cayenne Pepper, Or More, To Taste; 1-¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Plus More For Final Seasoning; 2 cans Diced Tomatoes, Fire Roasted And No Salt Added Preferred (15 Oz. Each); 4 cups Cooked Or Canned Beans, Any Variety (I Use A Mix Of Black, Red Kidney, And Garbanzo); 2 cups Vegetable Stock Or Broth, No Salt Added; 1 can Tomato Sauce (15 Oz Can); 1-½ teaspoon Honey

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 ↓

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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).
Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together777 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Jalapeno + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together688 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

Oreganofits better
Corianderfits better
Thymefits better
Jalapenothe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0

Rainbow Veggie and Beet Chili