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Green Bean, Tomato, and Shallot Salad Recipe

Crunchy green beans and tomatoes combine for a salad that sings of summer. This recipe pairs up swimmingly with our Rib Steaks with Spice Rub.Game Plan: This...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Green Bean, Tomato, and Shallot Salad Recipe

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Green Bean, Tomato, and Shallot Salad Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  5. Cherry tomato + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, olive, parsley, lemon, shallot):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, olive, parsley, lemon, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.