Name: I Don't Know Recipe
Yield: 2-4 servings
Ingredients: 1 can chicken or beef broth; 1/5 cup butter (margarine works too); 1 pint of Half and Half; Salt (I use natural sea salt) to taste; Pepper (I use fresh ground black peppercorns) to taste; Basil (I use it you don't have to) to taste; 1 cup of rice (I use a mix of wild and white, use whichever you like best); 1/2 lb of either ground beef, ground sausage, or chicken (for chicken pre-slice to 1" x1/2" strips; 2-4 cups of shredded cheese (depending on how much you like, I prefer 4 cups of a mix of mild cheddar and monteray cheese)

Why it works: Pepper and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,294 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

I Don't Know Recipe

2-4 servings

Ingredients

1 can chicken or beef broth
1/5 cup butter (margarine works too)
1 pint of Half and Half
Salt (I use natural sea salt) to taste
Pepper (I use fresh ground black peppercorns) to taste
Basil (I use it you don't have to) to taste
1 cup of rice (I use a mix of wild and white, use whichever you like best)
1/2 lb of either ground beef, ground sausage, or chicken (for chicken pre-slice to 1" x1/2" strips
2-4 cups of shredded cheese (depending on how much you like, I prefer 4 cups of a mix of mild cheddar and monteray cheese)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1308Calories

88 gProtein

82 gFat

50 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Beef	100g cooked	250
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Chicken + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,148 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, pepper, rice, beef, cheese):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Celeryfits better
Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, pepper, rice, beef, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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