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Country-style Green Beans

A hearty side dish of bacon, green beans, onions, and potatoes simmered together.

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Why it works: Onion and potato 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 ↓

Country-style Green Beans

Timeabout 15 minutes after adding potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Partially cover bacon with water in large saucepan, boil for 20 minutes.

  2. Add beans, onions, salt, sugar and red pepper, then cover and cook for 15 minutes.

  3. Add potatoes and cook for about 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

  4. Serve in large vegetable dish.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

336Calories
10 gProtein
4 gFat
67 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Green beans + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Green beans + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together334 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

Bacon
Renders fat that flavours the water and vegetables, and adds savoury, smoky taste.
Green beans
Form the main vegetable body of the dish and soften as they simmer.
New potatoes
Turn tender and starchy as they cook, adding body and filling substance to the dish.
Onions
Soften and turn sweet as they cook, adding aroma and depth to the broth.

Swap the green beans

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

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