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Autumn Garden Skillet

A skillet dish of rice, mixed vegetables, tomatoes, and cheese.

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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 ↓

Autumn Garden Skillet

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the vegetables

  1. Cook onion and green pepper in butter in a 10-inch skillet until tender crisp.

Combine and heat

  1. Stir in mixed vegetables, tomatoes, rice, garlic salt, chili powder, black pepper and 1 cup cheese.

  2. Cook over low heat until heated through, stirring occasionally.

  3. Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

652Calories
15 gProtein
36 gFat
69 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cheddar cheese
Melts into the rice and vegetables, adding richness, saltiness and a creamy texture.
Rice
Forms the bulk of the skillet, absorbing flavour and giving the dish its hearty body.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and gentle acidity that balances the cheese and seasonings.
Butter
Fats the skillet and softens the onion and pepper, carrying flavour through the dish.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, butter, rice, garlic, cheddar cheese):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Broccolifits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, butter, rice, garlic, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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