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Cape Verde Jag

A stew of rice, lima beans, onion, and seasonings simmered in water.

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Why it works: Chicken and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,769 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

Cape Verde Jag

Timeapprox ½ hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Sauté onion in olive oil until golden brown.

  2. Add water, salt, paprika, bouillon cubes, and bay leaf.

  3. Bring to full boil.

Cook the rice and beans

  1. Add rice.

  2. Let boil.

  3. Add lima beans.

  4. Stir after 15 minutes.

  5. Recover and cook on medium-low until done (approx ½ hour).

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

644Calories
44 gProtein
18 gFat
75 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lima Bean1/2 cup (85g) cooked108
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
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. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  4. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice
Absorbs the seasoned cooking liquid and becomes the bulk of the dish.
Olive oil
Carries the onion's flavour and helps it brown in the pan.
Onion
Browns in the oil to build sweet, savoury depth for the broth.
Lima beans
Add texture and body, cooking directly in the rice.
Chicken bouillon cubes
Add savoury, salty flavour to the cooking water.

The step that matters

Cooking the rice on medium-low with the lid on. Once the rice has absorbed the liquid, the heat should stay low and covered so the grains steam through evenly. Too much heat can scorch the bottom before the rice is tender.

Swap the lima beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, olive, chicken, rice):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Peanutfits better
  4. Lima beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, olive, chicken, rice. 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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