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Black Bean Chicken

A skillet dish of chicken simmered with black beans, onions, peppers, garlic, cumin, tomatoes, and lemon juice.

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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 ↓

Black Bean Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the chicken

  1. Sprinkle chicken with freshly ground pepper to taste.

  2. In a 12 inch skillet, sauté chicken in olive oil about three minutes on each side.

  3. Remove chicken from pan.

Make the sauce

  1. Add onion, green pepper, jalapeno pepper and garlic to pan drippings. Cook two minutes, or until onions are softened.

  2. Stir in cumin, tomatoes, lemon juice and black beans.

  3. Return chicken to pan.

Simmer and finish

  1. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.

  2. Remove lid and continue to cook until chicken is done and juices run clear, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
44 gProtein
19 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Seednot 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  3. Jalapeno + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein; searing first builds browned flavor in the pan drippings.
Onion
Softens and adds sweetness that forms the base of the sauce.
Black beans
Add body, earthy flavor and substance to the sauce.
Tomato
Adds moisture and acidity that help form the sauce.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that deepens as it cooks in the oil.

The step that matters

Remove lid and finish cooking chicken until juices run clear. Chicken must reach a safe internal temperature; cooking only by time can leave it underdone or dry. Juices running clear is a visual sign, so checking the thickest piece matters.

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, olive, onion, clove, garlic, cumin):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, olive, onion, clove, garlic, cumin. 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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