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Ginger and Rosemary Pork Marinade

"A delicious way to zing up your pork chops or cutlets. Allow to marinate up to 24 hours for maximum flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Ginger and Rosemary Pork Marinade

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,491 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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1 /2 cup
Prep5 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Rosemary + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Rosemary + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Lime + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

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

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Oreganobetter flavor fit
  3. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, rosemary, ginger, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).