Why it works: Kidney beans and egg work together. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Kidney Bean
Ingredients
Directions
Thoroughly wash the beans and drain them.
Cut the hard boiled eggs.
Add the eggs to the beans and mix in salad dressing.
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.
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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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Kidney beans + eggtop 32% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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What each ingredient does
- Red kidney beans
- Provide the main body and bulk of the salad.
- Hard boiled eggs
- Add richness and a soft, creamy texture to the salad.
- Salad dressing
- Adds moisture and flavour that coats the beans and eggs.
“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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