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Kielbasa Appetizer

"Kielbasa, onion, jalapeno jelly, and mustard combine to make a wonderful appetizer for your next party! Serve with wheat crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Kielbasa Appetizer

Why it works: Onion and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,259 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Kielbasa Appetizer

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

55Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  2. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Mustard + jalapenotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  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, mustard, pepper):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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