Name: Down Home Chitterlings
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 6 h
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients: 10 pounds frozen cleaned chitterlings, thawed; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon minced garlic

Down Home Chitterlings

"Chitterlings or pork intestines are a favorite among Southern families. Traditionally, they are prepared during the holiday season, but deep freezing makes them available year round. Be sure to wash any surface and your hands thoroughly with a bleach solution to avoid contamination while handling raw chitterlings. Chitterlings are very good and are allowed, in moderation, under some popular Low Carb Diets. Be certain to pass the vinegar and hot sauce. Enjoy!!!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients

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 ↓

Down Home Chitterlings

12 Servings

Prep2 hr

Cook6 hr

Ingredients

10 pounds frozen cleaned chitterlings, thawed
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon minced garlic

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

56Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

12 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, garlic):

Spinachfits better
Broccolifits about as well
Eggplantfits about as well
Onionthe original

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

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