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Bear's Bodacious Bean Bonanza

"This soup has come through 25 years of evolution from a time when we were very hard up for food to get to this stage. There's a lot of stuff in here and offers a wide variety of flavors, colors and textures but the time taken to make it is well worth it. It will knock the feathers out of your bonnet. This recipe makes enough to feed a small tribe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Bear's Bodacious Bean Bonanza

Why it works: Lima beans and green beans share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Bear's Bodacious Bean Bonanza

18 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook2 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1211Calories
77 gProtein
46 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Lima Bean1/2 cup (85g) cooked108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Beannot in our table0
Soupnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Lima beans + green beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Lima beans + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together156 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Beans + green beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Lima beans + kidney beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Beans + kidney beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, butter, lima beans, beans, green beans, cream, corn):

  1. Kidney beansthe original
  2. Peasfits about as well
  3. Almondfits less well
  4. Peanutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, butter, lima beans, beans, green beans, cream, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.