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Arkansas Green Beans

"My family would drink the sauce to this green bean dish, if I would let them! Your family will never look at Green Beans the same again. These beans are sweet and savory and smell fabulous in the oven."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Arkansas Green Beans

Why it works: Green beans and garlic work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 197 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Arkansas Green Beans

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

238Calories
5 gProtein
15 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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.

  1. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Green beans + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

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

Butter and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (sugar, butter, sauce, garlic):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

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