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Texas Hash

A beef hash with onions, green peppers, tomatoes, rice, eggs, and cheeses baked in a casserole.

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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 ↓

Texas Hash

Oven350 °F
Time25 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Cook beef, onions, green peppers, chili powder, salt, pepper, and garlic powder until the meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender, stirring frequently to crumble the meat.

  2. Add tomatoes and rice.

Bake

  1. Spoon the mixture into a buttered 2-quart casserole.

  2. Bake at 350 °F for 25 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

945Calories
68 gProtein
42 gFat
70 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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. Onion + garlictop 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. Tomato + ricetop 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

Lean ground beef
Provides the main protein and savory, meaty body of the dish.
Eggs
Bind the mixture and help it set as it bakes.
Cottage cheese
Adds moisture and creaminess to the baked casserole.
Cooked rice
Adds bulk and starch that soaks up liquid and holds the casserole together.
Cheddar cheese
Melts into a rich, savory layer that adds fat and browning.

Swap the garlic

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

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Celeryfits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Cuminfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, pepper, tomato, rice, egg, cottage 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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