Name: Smoke-roasted Stuffed Bell Peppers
Ingredients: 2 medium red bell peppers; 3 medium mixed bell peppers (orange, yellow, green); 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons butter; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 medium zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 1 medium yellow squash, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels (from 3 to 4 ears of corn; for extra flavor, once you’ve cut the kernels off, use the dull side of your knife blade to scrape the remaining corn and juices, or “milk” from the cob); 1 medium tomato, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs (such as parley, oregano, basil or a mix); 1/4 cup plain dried breadcrumbs; Oil for coating grill grate; 2 tablespoons grates Parmesan cheese (optional)

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 ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Orange + clovetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,987 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Corn + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,099 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, butter, onion, clove, garlic, corn, tomato):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Cherryfits better
Orangethe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Red Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0

Smoke-roasted Stuffed Bell Peppers