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Tomato-Bean Sauce

A tomato sauce with beans, vegetables, and herbs.

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Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Tomato-Bean Sauce

Time20 to 25 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, carrot, celery, and green pepper and cook, stirring often, until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes.

  2. Add tomato sauce, ginger, and soybeans with liquid and stir well. Stir in basil and parsley.

  3. Reduce heat to medium-low. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are just tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove and discard ginger. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
30 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Soybeannot 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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

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

  5. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

What each ingredient does

Yellow soybeans
Add body and protein-rich substance, thickening the sauce as they soften and release starch.
Tomato sauce
Forms the liquid base and provides acidity and savory tomato flavor.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it cooks, building the flavor base of the sauce.

The step that matters

Simmer until the vegetables are just tender. Simmering gently, uncovered, lets the sauce reduce and the vegetables soften evenly. Overcooking turns them mushy and dulls their fresh flavor, while stopping too early leaves them firm.

Swap the clove

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, carrot, celery, pepper, tomato, sauce. 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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