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Santa Fe Hominy

A sautéed hominy dish with garlic, onions, tomatoes, chilies, and melted cheese.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Santa Fe Hominy

Timeabout 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Saute in a large heavy skillet. When hot, add the garlic and onions.

  2. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until the onions are translucent.

  3. Stir in the hominy, tomatoes and chilies.

  4. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes, or until all the ingredients are blended and the vegetables are tender.

  5. Remove from heat, cover, and sprinkle the cheese over the hominy.

  6. Stir just until the cheese is melted and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

191Calories
10 gProtein
10 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

  5. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Hominy
Provides the main starchy body of the dish, softening during simmering.
Onions
Sweeten as they cook slowly and build a savory base for the dish.
Monterey jack cheese
Melts into the hot hominy to add richness and a creamy, stringy texture.
Poblano chilies
Add mild, earthy heat and a roasted pepper flavor to the stew.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture that combine with the other vegetables while simmering.

The step that matters

Stir just until the cheese is melted and serve immediately. Cheese turns stringy and greasy when overheated or held too long, so it should be melted gently off the heat and served right away.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, onion, tomato, jalapeno, cheese):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, onion, tomato, jalapeno, 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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