Why it works: Black-eyed pea and cumin work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
8 servingsIngredients
Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Cook the bulk pork sausage, ground beef and diced onion in a large pot over medium heat, breaking up the meat, until no pink remains and the meat reaches 160°F (71°C), about 10 minutes. Drain off excess fat.
Add water to the pot and crumble in the beef bouillon cubes, stirring until dissolved.
Stir in the drained black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, the undrained diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, and the chopped green chilies.
Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, salt, molasses, ground black pepper and ground cumin.
Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer partially covered for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have blended.
Taste and adjust the seasoning, then serve hot.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Black-eyed pea + cumintop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together24 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Pork + beeftop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,669 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-ethylphenol (must).
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Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3,272 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Tomato + garlictop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together14,075 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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