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Pickle Steak

"Savory, creamy steak with the flavor of pickles and onions."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Pickle Steak

Why it works: Onion and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,626 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Pickle Steak

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

766Calories
23 gProtein
26 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Soupnot in our table0

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 + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Dill + oniontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,639 recipes

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

  3. Cream + mushroomtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,500 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Dill + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together639 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Dill + mushroomtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, flour, egg, cream, mushroom):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, flour, egg, cream, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.