Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Arroz Con Jueyes
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the oil in a large pot with a tight-fitting lid.
Add the crabs or crabmeat, recaito, olives, and tomato sauce, then saute over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the rice and water and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Crab | 100g cooked | 97 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| Annatto | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | 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.
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.
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Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together15,539 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together4,994 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together3,065 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Crab + saucetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together238 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Crab + ricetop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together117 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Parboiled long-grain rice
- Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs the cooking liquid to become tender.
- Crabs or crabmeat
- Provides the main seafood flavor and tender meat throughout the rice.
- Tomato sauce
- Adds acidity and savory depth, and colors the rice as it cooks.
- Basic recaito (sofrito)
- Builds aromatic, savory base flavor from sautéed herbs and vegetables.
- Manzanilla olives
- Contributes salty, briny bursts of flavor that balance the sweetness of the crab.
The step that matters
Simmer covered without lifting the lid. Parboiled rice cooks by absorbing the liquid in a sealed pot. Lifting the lid lets steam escape, which can leave the grains unevenly cooked and the texture dry or firm.
Swap the tomato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, olive, sauce, rice):
- Capsicumfits about as well
- Tomatothe original
- Mustardfits less well
- Welsh onionfits less well
Fit is the average pairing score against crab, olive, sauce, 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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