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Strawberry Barbecue Sauce

"This tangy sauce adds a sweet kick to everything from grilled fruit skewers to chops, chicken, meatballs, and sausage. Use liberally for grilling or baking meats, fruits, or vegetables. Store in a jar in the refrigerator for up to 2 months. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Strawberry Barbecue Sauce

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Barbecue Sauce

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories
6 gProtein
2 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Strawberry Jam1 cup (152g)49
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Honey + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,707 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Honey + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,990 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the strawberry jam

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ketchup, onion, honey, sauce, lemon, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Strawberry jamthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ketchup, onion, honey, sauce, lemon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.