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Three-Bean Salad Recipe

Three-bean salad is a perennial picnic favorite because it's easy to throw together and it tastes good at almost any temperature. Our take tosses a colorful array...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Three-Bean Salad Recipe

Why it works: Shallot and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 405 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Three-Bean Salad Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

237Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Cannellini Beannot in our table0
Red Kidney Beannot 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 + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Green beans + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

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

  3. Beans + kidney beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together364 recipes

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

  4. Radish + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Beans + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

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

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, radish, beans, shallot, sherry, vinegar, capers):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, radish, beans, shallot, sherry, vinegar, capers. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.