Name: Bangers and Beans in a Pan
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 454 g pack sausages, each sausage chopped into three; 1 small onion, chopped; 3 carrots, chopped into thick slices; 2 x 410 g cans mixed beans, drained and rinsed; 400 ml chicken stock; 1-2 tbsp Dijon mustard; small handful of fresh parsley, chopped

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 8,053 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Bangers and Beans in a Pan

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil
454 g pack sausages, each sausage chopped into three
1 small onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped into thick slices
2 x 410 g cans mixed beans, drained and rinsed
400 ml chicken stock
1-2 tbsp Dijon mustard
small handful of fresh parsley, chopped

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together8,053 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Beans + mustardtop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together852 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,443 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together21,601 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, carrot, beans, chicken, parsley):

Potatobetter flavor fit
Leekbetter flavor fit
Okrabetter flavor fit
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, carrot, beans, chicken, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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