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Hawaiian Stuffed Peppers

"Peppers stuffed with lean ground turkey, caramelized onions, jasmine rice, and pineapple. I used fresh pineapple. You can use ground chicken as well."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Hawaiian Stuffed Peppers

Why it works: Coconut and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 651 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Hawaiian Stuffed Peppers

6 stuffed peppers
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1049Calories
48 gProtein
55 gFat
95 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Waternot 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. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Coconut + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  5. Olive + coconuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (olive, coconut, turkey, milk, jasmine, rice, pineapple):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, coconut, turkey, milk, jasmine, rice, pineapple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.