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Smoking Wings

"Marinated in a mixture of heat, sweet, and savory, these wings grill up for a smokin' appetizer or snack."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Smoking Wings

Why it works: Syrup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 173 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Smoking Wings

32 pieces
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

522Calories
36 gProtein
20 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Saladnot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Syrup + saucetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Vinegar + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Chicken + thymetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,173 recipes

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

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

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, vinegar, honey, sugar, syrup, pepper, sauce):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Thymethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, vinegar, honey, sugar, syrup, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.