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Beef and Biscuit

"This isn't the leanest dish in the world, but, man, it has to be the best! Ground beef, onions, cheese, biscuits...MMMM!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Beef and Biscuit

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Beef and Biscuit

10 servings
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

936Calories
70 gProtein
46 gFat
59 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Sauce + buttermilktop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, pepper, sauce, garlic, buttermilk, biscuit):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Horseradishfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, pepper, sauce, garlic, buttermilk, biscuit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.