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Pork, Ginger & Black Bean Stir-fry

A quick and easy recipe to get you through the week, and it’s low fat!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pork, Ginger & Black Bean Stir-fry

Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Pork, Ginger & Black Bean Stir-fry

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
40 gProtein
29 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Saucenot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + green beanstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Ginger + ricetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,196 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, garlic, clove, ginger, sauce, rice):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, garlic, clove, ginger, sauce, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.