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Cowboy Hash

"This is so easy and tastes great. It is a cheap meal for a large family. Serve over hot cooked rice, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Cowboy Hash

Why it works: Corn and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,211 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Cowboy Hash

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

446Calories
29 gProtein
30 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Beannot 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. Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Beef + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,028 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Beef + beanstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,134 recipes

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

  4. Ranch + beanstop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

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

  5. Corn + ranchtop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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