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Sunnyside Rice

A skillet rice dish with bacon, onion, bell pepper, cheese, and eggs.

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Why it works: Cottage cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 213 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Sunnyside Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the bacon and vegetables

  1. Cook bacon until crisp in an 8‑inch skillet.

  2. Remove bacon from pan, then drain bacon and crumble.

  3. Pour off fat and return 2 tablespoons to skillet.

  4. Add onion and green pepper.

  5. Cook onion and green pepper until tender but not brown.

Make the rice

  1. Stir in rice.

  2. Continue cooking until rice is hot.

  3. Add salt, pepper, cheese and bacon.

  4. Mix well.

Add the eggs and finish

  1. Make four indentations in rice mixture with back of spoon.

  2. Break an egg into each indentation.

  3. Cover and heat until eggs are of desired doneness.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

729Calories
44 gProtein
30 gFat
68 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
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
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
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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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. Cottage cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cheddar cheese + cottage cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together191 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cheddar cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together592 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Rice + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together879 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set in the rice mixture to form soft or firm portions, depending on how long they heat.
Cooked rice
Forms the base of the dish, absorbing the fat and flavours of the bacon and vegetables.
Bacon
Adds fat and savoury, smoky flavour to the skillet and rice.
Cheddar cheese
Melts into the rice, adding richness and a savoury, tangy flavour.

The step that matters

Cover and heat until eggs are of desired doneness. Eggs set through gentle heat trapped by the cover. Too little heat leaves whites runny, while too much heat over a long time makes the yolks dry and rubbery and can toughen the whites.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, rice, cheddar cheese, egg, cottage cheese, parmesan 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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