Why it works: Beans and lima beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 156 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓
Southeen Way of Boiling Eice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over the rice.
Rinse the rice in cold water until perfectly clean.
Boil and drain
Put the rice in a pot of boiling water, allowing a quart of water to less than a teacup of rice.
Boil it hard for seventeen minutes.
Drain off the water very close.
Steam
Let it steam for fifteen minutes with the lid off.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Lima Bean | 1/2 cup (85g) cooked | 108 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Bean | 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.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
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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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Beans + lima beanstop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together156 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Beans + peppertop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,733 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Beans + porktop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,000 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Lima beans + porktop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together139 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Lima beans + peppertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together468 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
- Rice (in the method)
- Starch in the grains swells and softens as they boil, giving tender, separate grains.
The step that matters
Drain off the water very close. Leftover boiling water keeps the grains wet and soggy. Steaming with the lid off lets surface moisture evaporate, so the grains dry out and stay fluffy.
“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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