Name: Chickpea & Chorizo Balls
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 75g cooked chorizo, cut into chunks; 1 400g tin chickpeas, drained; 1 red onion, cut into chucks; Plain flour, to dust; 2-3 tbsp rapeseed oil

Why it works: Chickpea and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 330 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Chickpea & Chorizo Balls

Serves 4

Ingredients

75g cooked chorizo, cut into chunks
1 400g tin chickpeas, drained
1 red onion, cut into chucks
Plain flour, to dust
2-3 tbsp rapeseed oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

633Calories

22 gProtein

3 gFat

128 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Rapeseed Oil	not in our table	0

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.

Chickpea + flourtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together330 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Chickpea + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together860 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Onion + flourtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together32,460 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, flour):

Kalefits better
Spinachfits better
Eggplantfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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