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Meat Candy

"My father-in-law shared this recipe with me, and our family loves it! Perfect for any casual gathering (say, Super Bowl® Sunday), these bite-sized meaty treats will disappear before anything else on the buffet!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Meat Candy

Why it works: Pepper and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,401 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Meat Candy

60 appetizers
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

401Calories
15 gProtein
31 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Smoked Sausage100g cooked301
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

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. Pepper + sugartop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,401 recipes

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

Pepper and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,401 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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