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Dinner Tonight: Sopes

By seriouseats · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Dinner Tonight: Sopes

Why it works: Beans and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Dinner Tonight: Sopes

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

597Calories
53 gProtein
29 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
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.

By seriouseats. 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. Beans + porktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

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

  2. Pork + canola oiltop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together265 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Beans + canola oiltop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Pork + creamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Beans + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, cream, canola oil):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Peanutfits better
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, cream, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.