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Black Bean and Beef Chilli

A simple Mexican one-pot with chuck steak, plenty of beans, peppers, cumin and cinnamon

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Black Bean and Beef Chilli

Why it works: Beans and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Black Bean and Beef Chilli

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1272Calories
55 gProtein
40 gFat
172 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Beannot in our table0
Seednot 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 + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  4. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

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

  5. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 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 plum

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Plumthe original

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