Name: Beans-n-Franks
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons margarine; 3 tablespoons chopped onion; 1 (16 ounce) can baked beans with pork; 1 (16 ounce) package frankfurters, sliced; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon prepared mustard; 1 teaspoon celery salt

Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Beans-n-Franks

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

2 teaspoons margarine
3 tablespoons chopped onion
1 (16 ounce) can baked beans with pork
1 (16 ounce) package frankfurters, sliced
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon celery salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

446Calories

29 gProtein

26 gFat

24 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Frankfurter	not in our table	0

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.

Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,169 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Beans + mustardtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together852 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,159 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, pork, sugar, mustard, celery):

Lettucefits better
Turnipfits better
Broccolifits better
Onionthe original

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

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