Baked Beef and Rice

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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

2. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together4,994 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

3. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,065 recipes

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

4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Ground beef

Provides the main meat and savory, browned flavor base for the dish.

Rice

Absorbs the tomato juice and water as it bakes, giving the dish its body and texture.

Tomato juice

Supplies the liquid that cooks the rice and adds acidity and tomato flavor.

Cheddar cheese

Melts over the top to form a creamy, lightly browned layer.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, rice, pepper, olive, tomato, cheese):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Potatofits better
3. Asparagusfits about as well
4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, rice, pepper, olive, tomato, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.