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Garden Egg Stew

A stew of garden eggs, onions, peppers, tomatoes, and smoked fish, seasoned with palm oil, crayfish, and basil.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Garden Egg Stew

Time10–15 minutes to boil the garden eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the garden eggs with salt.

  2. Cut them into smaller pieces, and boil in salted water for 10–15 minutes until soft.

  3. Drain the garden eggs, and mash them.

Make the stew

  1. Heat the palm oil in a pot over medium heat.

  2. Add the chopped onion, and cook until softened.

  3. Add the chopped pepper and tomatoes, and cook for 10 minutes.

  4. Add the shredded fish, ground crayfish, dried shrimp, ground pepper, chopped basil, and salt to taste. Cover, and cook for 5 minutes.

  5. Add the mashed garden eggs. Cover, and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve

  1. Serve with boiled plantain, yam, or potato.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

608Calories
54 gProtein
33 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Crayfishnot 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  3. Crayfish + shrimptop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  5. Fish + shrimptop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together252 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

What each ingredient does

Garden eggs
Provide the bulk and soft, mashable body of the stew.
Palm oil
Carries flavour and adds richness and fat to the stew.
Onion
Builds a sweet, savoury base as it softens in the oil.
Red bell peppers
Add sweetness and body that thickens the stew as they cook down.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture that combine with the peppers into a sauce.
Nigerian smoked titus fish
Adds smoky, savoury flavour and protein to the stew.

The step that matters

Mashing the boiled garden eggs. Garden eggs must be boiled until fully soft before mashing, because firm pieces stay bitter-textured and do not blend into the stew. Draining well prevents excess water from diluting the sauce.

Swap the thai basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, onion, pepper, tomato, fish, crayfish, shrimp):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Thai basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, onion, pepper, tomato, fish, crayfish, shrimp. 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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