Name: Walnut & Black Bean Hummus
Prep time: 7 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 can (15 Oz. Size) Black Beans, Drained And Rinsed; 1 can (15 Oz. Size) Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans), Drained And Rinsed; ½ cups Walnuts (in Halves Or Pieces); 3 Tablespoons Tahini (sesame Paste); ½ teaspoons Lemon Juice Concentrate; 1 whole Shallot (Diced Super Finely); 2 dashes Your Favorite Hot Sauce; 2 dashes Red Pepper Flakes; 1 teaspoon Black Pepper

Why it works: Beans and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 229 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Walnut & Black Bean Hummus

Serves 8

Prep7 min

Ingredients

1 can (15 Oz. Size) Black Beans, Drained And Rinsed
1 can (15 Oz. Size) Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans), Drained And Rinsed
½ cups Walnuts (in Halves Or Pieces)
3 Tablespoons Tahini (sesame Paste)
½ teaspoons Lemon Juice Concentrate
1 whole Shallot (Diced Super Finely)
2 dashes Your Favorite Hot Sauce
2 dashes Red Pepper Flakes
1 teaspoon Black Pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories

19 gProtein

27 gFat

54 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Tahini	1 tbsp (15g)	89
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Bean	not in our table	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.

Beans + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together229 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Chickpea + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together21 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Chickpea + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together78 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Beans + sesametop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together293 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together147 recipes

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

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

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, chickpea, walnut, sesame, lemon, shallot, sauce):

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Lentilsfits better
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Tahinithe original

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

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