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Jalapeno Salt

"Jalapeno salt is quite expensive when you can find it in the stores. So I invented my own recipe. You can find Jalapeno powder online at several online retailers. (use a search engine to find a supplier)"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Jalapeno Salt

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 ↓

Jalapeno Salt

1 /2 cup
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

56Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Onion + jalapenotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,250 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

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

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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