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Minnesota Pork Chops

"This is a very good recipe that I got from my home state, Minnesota. Every summer when we come and visit, we are sure to buy wild rice for this casserole."

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Why it works: Pork and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,375 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Season the pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper.

  2. In a saucepan, combine the wild rice, the water and the chicken bouillon granules. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer about 50 minutes until the rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.

  3. Drain the canned mushrooms. Stir the mushrooms and about half of the cream of mushroom soup into the cooked rice.

  4. Spread the rice mixture in a baking dish. Arrange the seasoned pork chops on top and spoon the remaining soup over the chops.

  5. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 60 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 to 15 minutes more, until the pork reaches at least 145°F (63°C) in the thickest part.

  6. Let the chops rest for 3 minutes before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pork + chickentop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,375 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Pork + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,840 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

  4. Wild rice + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Pepper + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,578 recipes

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

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