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Black-Eyed Pea Vegan Burgers Recipe

STILL A WORK IN PROGRESSWhy did I hack this: I wanted to try adding some TVP for texture and nutrition. I also really love quinoa so I figured I'd throw some...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and quinoa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Black-Eyed Pea Vegan Burgers Recipe

4 burgers

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories
13 gProtein
18 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Black-Eyed Peanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
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 chow. 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. Shallot + quinoatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Shallot + black-eyed peatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Black-eyed pea + quinoatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, pepper, shallot, garlic, black-eyed pea, sauce, quinoa):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, pepper, shallot, garlic, black-eyed pea, sauce, quinoa. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.