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White Bean, Radish, and Snap Pea Salad Recipe

Fresh early-summer veggies are tossed with a lightly tangy dressing, creamy white beans, and a bunch of fresh herbs to make a perfectly portable salad.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

White Bean, Radish, and Snap Pea Salad Recipe

4-6 side servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

410Calories
28 gProtein
15 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Navy Bean1/2 cup (91g) cooked127
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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 chow. 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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Shallot + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

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

  3. Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, white wine, vinegar, lemon, yogurt, olive, pepper):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansthe original
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Sesamefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, white wine, vinegar, lemon, yogurt, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.