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Black Bean Burgers

Perfect for grilling season!

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Black Bean Burgers

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 ↓

Black Bean Burgers

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

446Calories
22 gProtein
10 gFat
69 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

By naturallyella. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Beans + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,443 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, carrot, onion, pepper, clove, garlic, egg):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, carrot, onion, pepper, clove, garlic, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.