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Southern BBQ Sauce

"This recipe makes a loose barbeque sauce that can be brushed on during cooking. Also can be used as a marinade. We use it when we cook a whole pig; scale the recipe to make 5 gallons for a whole pig."

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Southern BBQ Sauce

Why it works: Apple cider vinegar and pepper work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 477 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Southern BBQ Sauce

1 1/2 gallons
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

39Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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 + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together477 recipes

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

  2. Ketchup + peppertop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,207 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Apple cider vinegar + ketchuptop 51% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together0 recipes

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