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Two Bean, Chickpea & Tomato Salad

Feast on a punchy, superhealthy salad that's bursting with fresh herbs

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Two Bean, Chickpea & Tomato Salad

Why it works: Beans and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 229 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Two Bean, Chickpea & Tomato Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

425Calories
11 gProtein
16 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Broad Beannot in our table0
French Beannot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Beans + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together229 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Basil + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,823 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Chickpea + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Beans + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 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 cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, chickpea, basil, mint, chive, lemon, sugar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, chickpea, basil, mint, chive, lemon, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.