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Blackened Steak Salad with Berry Vinaigrette

"Seasoned, grilled flat iron steak is thinly sliced and served atop a romaine salad studded with roasted red peppers and feta cheese."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Blackened Steak Salad with Berry Vinaigrette

Why it works: Olive and feta cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,482 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Blackened Steak Salad with Berry Vinaigrette

2 servings
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

647Calories
37 gProtein
39 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Olive1 large (4g)4
Berrynot 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. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

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

  3. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 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 berry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, olive, cherry tomato, onion, pepper, feta cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Berrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, olive, cherry tomato, onion, pepper, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.