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Cholent

A classic Jewish dish, traditionally cooked overnight on a Friday and eaten for lunch on the Sabbath.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cholent

Why it works: Beans and barley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Cholent

Serves 6
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1211Calories
48 gProtein
29 gFat
188 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
Goosenot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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 + barleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Beans + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together655 recipes

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

  3. Barley + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Beans + sunflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Sunflower + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together303 recipes

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

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 (butter, barley, sunflower, beef, potato, pepper, flour):

  1. Beansthe original
  2. Almondfits about as well
  3. Chickpeafits about as well
  4. Lentilsfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, barley, sunflower, beef, potato, pepper, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.