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Black Bean Stuffed Peppers

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Black Bean Stuffed Peppers

Why it works: Beans and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Black Bean Stuffed Peppers

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

655Calories
26 gProtein
22 gFat
92 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
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Waternot 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. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Spinach + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Tomato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

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

  4. Spinach + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together365 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (cream cheese, rice, spinach, tomato, pepper, beans, cumin):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, rice, spinach, tomato, pepper, beans, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.