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Grilled Asian Ginger Pork Chops

"Asian ingredients give these grilled chops lots of unique flavour. They can also be put in the oven and broiled."

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Grilled Asian Ginger Pork Chops

Why it works: Orange and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,833 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Grilled Asian Ginger Pork Chops

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

319Calories
29 gProtein
14 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 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.

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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. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

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

  2. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + porktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Ginger + porktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,076 recipes

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

  5. Orange + garlictop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,365 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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