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Smoky Chicken Marinade

"Great for chicken. I was going to grill it, but we ran out of propane so I made it in a frying pan. It's goooooooooood. Marinate chicken at least 26 hours before cooking."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Smoky Chicken Marinade

Why it works: Apple cider vinegar and sugar work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 455 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Smoky Chicken Marinade

1 1/4 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

58Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Smokenot 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. Apple cider vinegar + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together455 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Apple cider vinegar + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together477 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,401 recipes

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

Sugar and pepper 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