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Moro De Habas

A Dominican rice and bean dish with smoked ham bones, bay leaves, thyme, coriander, tomato paste, and green pepper.

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Why it works: Beans and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,713 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Moro De Habas

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the base

  1. In an iron pot heat half the oil, add the peppers, gem squash, faba beans, bay leaves, thyme, coriander, chicken stock cube, green pepper, garlic and the bones, sauté until it is well incorporated.

  2. Add the tomato paste and water.

  3. Bring to a boil, adjust salt to taste.

  4. Add the rice.

Cook the rice

  1. Stir regularly to avoid excessive sticking.

  2. When all the water has evaporated, cover with a tight fitting lid and simmer on very low heat.

  3. Wait 15 minutes and uncover, stir, add the remaining oil and cover again.

  4. Wait another 5 minutes.

  5. Try the rice, it should be firm but tender inside.

  6. If necessary, cover and leave another 5 minutes on very low heat.

Serve

  1. Take out the bones and bay leaves and serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

795Calories
65 gProtein
32 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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.

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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. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Coriander + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Rice + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,017 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Thyme + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together427 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice
Absorbs the seasoned water and cooks into the body of the dish.
Faba beans
Add creamy texture and earthy substance to the finished rice.
Auyama (gem squash)
Breaks down while cooking, adding sweetness and moisture to the rice.
Tomato paste
Adds concentrated acidity and colour, deepening the flavour of the base.
Smoked ham bones
Release smoky, savoury flavour into the water as the rice cooks.

The step that matters

Stir regularly until the water evaporates. Rice starch sticks to the pot bottom if stirred too little, scorching and darkening the base. Regular stirring keeps grains moving and cooking evenly while the liquid reduces.

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, beans, ham, coriander, chicken, pepper, tomato):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits about as well
  3. Celeryfits about as well
  4. Thymethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, beans, ham, coriander, chicken, pepper, tomato. 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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