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Riso Con Vegetali

A tomato-based vegetable rice dish with frozen Italian vegetables and Parmesan cheese.

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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 ↓

Riso Con Vegetali

Time25 to 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sauce

  1. Cook onion and garlic in butter over medium-high heat in a 3-quart saucepan until tender crisp, about 3 minutes.

  2. Add tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper sauce.

  3. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat.

  4. Reduce heat to medium and cook 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add vegetables and serve

  1. Add vegetables; cook over medium-high heat 10 to 15 minutes, or until tender.

  2. Serve over beds of fluffy rice.

  3. Top with Parmesan cheese.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

779Calories
48 gProtein
37 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. 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. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Tomato + peppertop 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

Onion
Softens and adds sweetness and aroma to the base of the sauce.
Garlic
Adds aroma that deepens as it cooks gently in the butter.
Butter or margarine
Adds fat and richness while carrying the flavor of the onion and garlic.
Tomatoes
Provide the main body, acidity and tomato flavor of the sauce.
Frozen italian vegetables
Add texture and color, becoming tender in the simmering sauce.
Parmesan cheese
Adds salty, savory flavor when sprinkled over the finished dish.

The step that matters

Reduce heat to medium and simmer the sauce 25 to 30 minutes. A gentle, long simmer lets the tomato sauce thicken and its flavors meld. Stirring occasionally prevents scorching on the bottom of the pan.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, butter, tomato, chicken, sauce, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, butter, tomato, chicken, sauce, pepper. 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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