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Creole Green Beans

A Creole-style green bean dish with bacon drippings, potatoes, onion, sugar, salt, pepper, and boiling water.

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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Creole Green Beans

Time5 minutes, then 15 minutes longer

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a small stew pan and cover with a tight fitting lid.

  2. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.

  3. Reduce heat and cook 15 minutes longer.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
9 gProtein
4 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Snap Beannot in our table0
Drippingnot in our table0
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.

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

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

  2. Beans + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together655 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  4. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

  5. Beans + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,733 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Snap beans
Main vegetable that provides the body and texture of the dish as it softens.
Bacon drippings
Fat that carries savory, smoky flavor through the beans and potatoes.
New potatoes
Starch that softens and thickens the cooking liquid, adding body to the dish.
White onion
Aromatic base that adds sweet, savory depth as it cooks down.
Sugar
Adds a light sweetness that balances the savory fat and seasoning.

The step that matters

Reduce heat and cook 15 minutes longer. With only one cup of water and a tight lid, the pan can scorch or dry out if the heat stays high. Lowering the heat lets the beans and potatoes simmer gently and become tender without burning on the bottom.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, potato, sugar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, potato, sugar, pepper. 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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