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Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry with Tangerines and Chili Sauce

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry with Tangerines and Chili Sauce

Why it works: Sesame and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry with Tangerines and Chili Sauce

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

889Calories
44 gProtein
29 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Bok Choy1 cup (70g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Tangerinenot in our table0
Clementinenot 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 epicurious. 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. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Ginger + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,595 recipes

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

  4. Pork + sesametop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

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

Swap the tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, sesame, ginger, sauce, onion):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, sesame, ginger, sauce, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.