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Bahia Black Bean Soup

A black bean soup with onions, bell pepper, garlic, oregano, chilies, tomatoes, lime, sherry, and cilantro.

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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 ↓

Bahia Black Bean Soup

Timeat least 1.5 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Sauté onion, bell pepper, and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent.

  2. Add black beans, stock, and oregano.

  3. Heat thoroughly.

Blend and simmer

  1. Seed and chop yellow and jalapeño chilis and put into blender.

  2. Add lime juice and tomatoes.

  3. Puree to finely mince the chilis.

  4. Add black bean mixture to blender (in batches) and puree.

  5. When everything is pureed, return it to the soup pot.

  6. Simmer for at least 1.5 hours.

  7. Add sherry and fresh cilantro to taste.

Serve

  1. Garnish with rice, grated cheeses, diced onion, salsa, sour cream, plain yogurt, and grilled sausages.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

391Calories
12 gProtein
15 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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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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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

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

  4. Oregano + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,767 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 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

Black beans
Provide the body and starchy thickness that give the soup its substance.
Onion
Sweetens and builds savory depth when softened in oil.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture that balance the earthy beans.
Sherry
Adds a wine-like aroma and subtle acidity to the finished soup.
Jalapeño
Contributes heat and fresh pepper flavor to the soup.
Bell pepper
Adds sweetness and aromatic vegetable flavor to the base.

The step that matters

Simmer for at least 1.5 hours. Long simmering lets the pureed beans and chilis meld and mellow, and it thickens the soup. Cutting it short leaves the flavors raw and the texture thin.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, garlic, olive, beans, oregano, tomato):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, garlic, olive, beans, oregano, 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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