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Asian/Mexican Fusion Style Beans Recipe

My brother, the real family chef, taught me how to make this incredibly easy and delicious dish in less than ten minutes. Perfect for the dirt-poor college student...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Beans and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 365 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Asian/Mexican Fusion Style Beans Recipe

1 bowl

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

690Calories
35 gProtein
26 gFat
79 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black-Eyed Peanot 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. Beans + spinachtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together365 recipes

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

  2. Beans + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,017 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  4. Onion + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Rice + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together518 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the spinach

The recipe marks spinach as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, cheese, rice, onion):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Spinachthe original

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