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Chili Garlic Roasted Vegetables

My favorite (and really easy) roasted vegetables. Carrots, broccoli, green bell peppers, and zucchini roasted with chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chili Garlic Roasted Vegetables

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Chili Garlic Roasted Vegetables

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

264Calories
7 gProtein
15 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  4. Broccoli + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Broccoli + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

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

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, pepper, olive, garlic):

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

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