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Creole Steak

A stew of lean round steak, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and rice simmered in beef broth.

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Why it works: Tomato and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,065 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Creole Steak

7 serving pieces
Time1 ½ hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut steak into 7 equal serving pieces.

  2. Mix flour, salt, paprika, and pepper, dredge meat in mixture.

  3. Heat oil in a large frying pan.

  4. Lightly brown onions and green peppers and remove from oil.

  5. Brown meat in remaining oil.

Build the dish

  1. Cover meat with onions and green peppers.

  2. Cut up tomatoes and add with their liquid to meat.

  3. Sprinkle rice into pan; add broth and water.

  4. Mix thoroughly.

Simmer

  1. Bring to a boil, turn heat down, and cover tightly.

  2. Simmer 1 ½ hours or until meat is tender, stirring occasionally.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1133Calories
47 gProtein
31 gFat
162 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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.

Explore the science

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

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

  2. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

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

  5. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 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

Lean round steak
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender through slow simmering.
Flour
Coats the meat so it browns well and helps thicken the cooking liquid.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and liquid, giving the sauce its tangy flavor.
Raw rice
Absorbs the cooking liquid and becomes tender, making the dish a one-pan meal.
Condensed beef broth
Adds savory depth and liquid for the rice to absorb as it cooks.

The step that matters

Browning the meat in the oil. Browning the floured meat in hot oil builds caramelized flavor through the Maillard reaction. Crowding the pan or under-heating it causes steaming, which leaves the meat grey and flat-tasting.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pepper, tomato, rice, beef. 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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