Name: Confetti Beans and Rice with Chicken
Ingredients: 1 bag Success Brown Rice; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1/2 cup Caesar salad dressing; 15 oz can black beans, rinsed; 12 oz cooked diced chicken; 11oz can Mexican style corn, drained; 4 green onions, thinly sliced; 4 Large tomatoes, with seeds and pulp removed

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 ↓

Confetti Beans and Rice with Chicken

Ingredients

1 bag Success Brown Rice
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 cup Caesar salad dressing
15 oz can black beans, rinsed
12 oz cooked diced chicken
11oz can Mexican style corn, drained
4 green onions, thinly sliced
4 Large tomatoes, with seeds and pulp removed

Directions

Prepare

Prepare rice according to package directions.
In a bowl, combine mustard and dressing.

Make the salad

Toss in rice, beans, chicken, corn and onions.

Serve

Chill or serve at room temp.
Serve in large tomatoes with pulp and seeds removed.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

631Calories

48 gProtein

6 gFat

97 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

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.

Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,713 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,211 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Mustard + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together852 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Rice + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Brown rice: Forms the bulk of the salad and gives a chewy, sturdy texture.
Caesar salad dressing: Adds moisture, fat and tangy flavor that coats the rice and other ingredients.
Dijon mustard: Adds sharp flavor and helps emulsify the dressing.
Black beans: Add protein-rich bulk and a firm, earthy texture.
Cooked diced chicken: Provides the main protein and savory substance.

Swap the mustard

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

Capsicumfits better
Okrafits better
Potatofits better
Mustardthe original

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