Name: Braised Beef with Garden Vegetables and Herbs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound boneless beef for stew, cut into 1-inch cubes; Ground black pepper; Vegetable cooking spray; 2 medium onions, cut into wedges; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 (18.3 ounce) carton Campbell's® V8® Butternut Squash Soup; 1 large potato, cut into cubes; 2 medium carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces; Fresh parsley

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 ↓

Braised Beef with Garden Vegetables and Herbs

4 servings

Prep15 min

Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

1 pound boneless beef for stew, cut into 1-inch cubes
Ground black pepper
Vegetable cooking spray
2 medium onions, cut into wedges
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (18.3 ounce) carton Campbell's® V8® Butternut Squash Soup
1 large potato, cut into cubes
2 medium carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
Fresh parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

611Calories

33 gProtein

29 gFat

56 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Stew	not in our table	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Soup	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.

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, onion, garlic, butternut squash, potato, carrot):

Cuminfits better
Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, onion, garlic, butternut squash, potato, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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