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Poblano Rice

A rice dish flavored with roasted poblano peppers, vegetables, and broth.

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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 ↓

Poblano Rice

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the puree

  1. Puree roasted peppers, onion, spinach, cilantro, garlic and 1/2 cup broth in blender.

  2. Set aside the puree.

Cook the rice

  1. Combine rice and oil in saucepan over medium heat.

  2. Cook rice until lightly browned.

  3. Add poblano puree to rice.

  4. Cook for about 5 minutes.

Simmer and rest

  1. Add corn, squash, red pepper, carrots, remaining 2 cups broth, salt and black pepper.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Reduce heat.

  4. Simmer for 15 minutes.

  5. Remove from heat.

  6. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.

  7. Serve with grilled chicken, seafood or steak.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

668Calories
42 gProtein
20 gFat
84 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Spinach + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together870 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice
Absorbs the broth and puree as it cooks, forming the bulk and texture of the dish.
Poblano peppers
Provide the main flavor and a mild heat that colours the rice green.
Chicken broth
Supplies the liquid that cooks the rice and carries the flavor through the dish.
Vegetable oil
Coats the rice grains and helps them brown lightly before the liquid is added.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows as the dish simmers.

The step that matters

Toasting the rice in oil. Browning the rice grains in oil before adding liquid gives a nutty flavor and helps the grains stay separate. Stopping at light browning avoids bitterness from scorching.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, onion, spinach, garlic, chicken, corn, carrot):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, spinach, garlic, chicken, corn, carrot. 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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