Name: Spice-Rubbed Grilled Rib Steaks with Green Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad Recipe
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons ground mustard; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 4 rib steaks , at least 1 inch thick (2 to 3 pounds total); 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot (from about 1 medium shallot); 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest (from about 2 medium lemons); 2 teaspoons kosher salt , plus more as needed; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper , plus more as needed; 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 3 medium lemons); 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 pounds green beans , ends trimmed; 2 pints (1 pound) cherry tomatoes , halved; 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves and stems; Vegetable oil , for coating the grill grates

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. 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.

Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (mustard, garlic, pepper, shallot, lemon, olive, green beans):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Cherryfits better
Cherry tomatothe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Spice-Rubbed Grilled Rib Steaks with Green Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad Recipe