Name: Airport Bob's Green Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 thick slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen cut green beans; 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Why it works: Butter and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98,233 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Airport Bob's Green Beans

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

6 thick slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 (16 ounce) package frozen cut green beans
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

225Calories

4 gProtein

15 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Green beans + buttertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together154 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Green beans + sugartop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together115 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar):

Sweet potatofits better
Leekfits better
Potatofits better
Green beansthe original

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

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