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African Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Black-eyed peans are not just for New Years! They are delicious little white beans with a mild taste and smooth texture, and as such can and should be enjoyed year-round. This simple, refreshing bean salad recipe makes a great summer side or potluck dish. I added leftover brown basmati rice and sliced avocado to make it a complete meal.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,491 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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By cookieandkate. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Lime + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together547 recipes

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

  4. Peas + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together629 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Olive + peastop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, parsley, olive, black-eyed pea, peas, pepper, cucumber):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  3. Cherrythe original
  4. Mangoabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, parsley, olive, black-eyed pea, peas, pepper, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).