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GHG's Smoky Black Bean Dip Recipe

This hearty and healthy bean dip is a Chowhound favorite and guaranteed crowd-pleaser. The recipe only makes 5-6 servings, so if you're feeding a crowd, you might...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

GHG's Smoky Black Bean Dip Recipe

Approximately 1½ cups. Serving size = ¼ cup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

296Calories
27 gProtein
2 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 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.

  1. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, garlic, onion, lime, cream, cumin, pepper):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, garlic, onion, lime, cream, cumin, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.