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Chick Pea and White Kidney Bean Dip

A dip made from chickpeas, white kidney beans, tomato paste, water, garlic, cumin, chili powder, basil, cilantro, jalapeño or hot sauce.

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Why it works: Kidney beans and garlic work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 694 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the dip in a blender for smooth consistency, or in a food processor for a chunky texture.

  2. Open the cans of chickpeas and white kidney beans, then drain off the liquid.

  3. Transfer the drained chickpeas and beans into the blender container.

  4. Open the can of tomato paste and spoon contents into the blender container.

  5. Fill the tomato paste can with water and stir to loosen remaining paste, then transfer the loosened tomato paste into the blender container.

Blend

  1. Add garlic, cumin, chili powder, basil, cilantro, jalapeño or hot sauce to the blender container.

  2. Cover and blend at high speed until creamy smooth.

  3. Adjust stiffness by adding more water if desired.

Serve

  1. Transfer the blended dip into a serving bowl.

  2. Serve as a dip for celery or as a topping for baked potatoes.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Kidney beans + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together694 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cumin + jalapenotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Chickpeas (in the method)
Provide the bulk and creamy body of the dip when blended.
White kidney beans
Add soft, creamy body and mild flavor, thickening the dip when blended.
Tomato paste
Adds concentrated savory flavor, color, and body to the dip.
Garlic
Contributes pungent aroma and savory depth.
Cumin
Adds warm, earthy aroma that defines the dip's flavor.

The step that matters

Adjust stiffness with water. Blended legumes thicken quickly and stiffen as they cool, so add water gradually and blend again until the dip reaches the desired consistency rather than adding it all at once.

Flavor stand-ins for the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, kidney beans, tomato, garlic, cumin, basil):

  1. Oreganobetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymebetter flavor fit
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, kidney beans, tomato, garlic, cumin, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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