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Roasted Green Beans and Cashews

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Roasted Green Beans and Cashews

Why it works: Green beans and olive work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 226 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Roasted Green Beans and Cashews

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

351Calories
7 gProtein
26 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Green beans + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Green beans + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Shallot + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, olive):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.