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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 ↓

Guacho

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash beans and put in a large pot with plenty of water.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon of salt, and boil until almost tender.

  3. Add the salt pork and as the water cooks away keep adding more until the beans are cooked.

  4. Then add the rice, blending it well with the beans and meat.

  5. About half an hour later add the yucca.

  6. In another half hour, add the ~name. When the ~name is tender, the guacho is ready to serve. While the guacho is cooking, make a "refrito" with the remaining vegetables and tomato paste. Put a big tablespoonful of "refrito" on top of each serving of guacho.

  7. Category:Panamanian Recipes

  8. Category:Panamanian Soups

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

530Calories
34 gProtein
15 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Red Beannot 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.

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

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

  2. Beans + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,017 recipes

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

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, rice, pork, pepper, onion, celery, tomato):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, rice, pork, pepper, onion, celery, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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