Name: Noodles & Cheese Jorgensen Style
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 pound Ground Beef Or Turkey; 1 Medium Yellow Onion, Chopped; 2 cans (14 1/2 Oz. Size) Stewed Tomatoes; 12 ounces, weight Elbow Noodles; ½ teaspoons Garlic Powder; ½ teaspoons Chili Powder; ½ teaspoons Seasoned Salt; 1 jar (16 Oz. Size) Spaghetti Sauce; 2 cups Grated Cheese

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 ↓

Noodles & Cheese Jorgensen Style

Serves 10

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 pound Ground Beef Or Turkey
1 Medium Yellow Onion, Chopped
2 cans (14 1/2 Oz. Size) Stewed Tomatoes
12 ounces, weight Elbow Noodles
½ teaspoons Garlic Powder
½ teaspoons Chili Powder
½ teaspoons Seasoned Salt
1 jar (16 Oz. Size) Spaghetti Sauce
2 cups Grated Cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

606Calories

67 gProtein

29 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

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