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Jerre's Black Bean and Pork Tenderloin Slow Cooker Chili

"My Aunt Jerre won THIRD PLACE with this recipe in the St. Louis Slow Cooker Cook Off in the past couple months! We are proud, proud, proud!"

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Jerre's Black Bean and Pork Tenderloin Slow Cooker Chili

Why it works: Oregano and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 983 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Jerre's Black Bean and Pork Tenderloin Slow Cooker Chili

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

639Calories
70 gProtein
20 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5

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. Oregano + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Pepper + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Beans + oreganotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together453 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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 (pork, pepper, beans, chicken, oregano, cumin):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, beans, chicken, oregano, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.