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Uruguayan Rice

A rice dish with ground beef, carrots, potatoes, onions, parsley, garlic, and water, seasoned with salt and pepper.

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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Uruguayan Rice

Timeabout an hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Chop all the vegetables finely.

  2. Wash the rice thoroughly.

Cook

  1. Combine all ingredients, except the potatoes.

  2. Cook slowly for twenty minutes, then add the potatoes and let everything continue to cook slowly about an hour.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

704Calories
37 gProtein
16 gFat
102 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
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  4. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 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
Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs the water and juices as it cooks.
Ground beef
Provides protein and savory flavor, browning as it cooks.
Potatoes
Add starch and body, softening and thickening the dish as they cook.
Onions
Add sweetness and aroma as they soften during slow cooking.
Carrots
Add sweetness and color, softening during the long slow cook.

The step that matters

Adding the potatoes after twenty minutes. Potatoes added at the start would break down during the long simmer and turn mushy. Adding them after twenty minutes lets them cook through while keeping some shape.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, beef, carrot, potato, onion, parsley, garlic):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, beef, carrot, potato, onion, parsley, garlic. 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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