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Smoked Asparagus

"Love smoked foods? Love asparagus? I experimented while smoking a turkey breast and came up with this mild but flavorful asparagus and garlic dish made originally in an iron skillet on the top of the smoker. If you like asparagus, you will love this! So far, everyone has enjoyed it. I hope you do, too."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and asparagus work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 704 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

1 1/2 pounds asparagus
Prep20 min
Cook1 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 a smoker to 225°F (107°C) and set up a pan of mild wood chips or pellets for smoke.

  2. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add the sliced garlic and sliced onion and cook for 5 minutes, until softened but not browned.

  3. Spread the trimmed asparagus in a single layer in a foil pan or on a perforated tray. Spoon the buttery garlic and onion over it and season with the black pepper and a little salt.

  4. Smoke the asparagus for about 50 minutes, until tender-crisp and lightly smoky. Turn the spears once halfway through.

  5. Remove from the smoker, drizzle with the lemon juice, and toss gently. Taste and add more salt if needed, then serve warm.

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. Lemon + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together704 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + asparagustop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together604 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

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