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Cold Green Bean Salad

"This is so simple the prep time is next to nothing. My mother served this with rare roast beef sandwiches on Sunday nights."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Cold Green Bean Salad

Why it works: Green beans and onion work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 334 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cold Green Bean Salad

8 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

75Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Salad Dressingnot 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. Green beans + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together334 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