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Stuffed Peppers

Green bell peppers filled with a rice, tomato, cheese, onion and parsley mixture.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Stuffed Peppers

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cook the rice.

  2. Cut onion into small cubes and fry in olive oil until brown.

  3. Add water, tomato juice, parsley, soup cube, cheese, garlic, black olives and rice. Season to taste.

Fill and bake

  1. Fill into the peppers.

  2. Cook for 30 minutes. Rest as above.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

431Calories
15 gProtein
11 gFat
69 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
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice
Forms the bulk of the filling and absorbs liquid as it cooks.
Green bell peppers
Act as the edible vessel that holds the filling and softens while cooking.
Puréed tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity that keep the filling juicy and flavourful.
Onion
Browning in oil builds sweetness and savoury depth in the filling.
Shredded cheese
Melts and browns on top, adding richness and a golden finish.
Stock cube
Adds savoury, salty flavour to the filling.

Swap the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, pepper, tomato, parsley, cheese, onion, olive):

  1. Thymefits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Cuminfits about as well
  4. Basilfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, pepper, tomato, parsley, cheese, onion, olive. 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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