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Super Spicy Pea Salad

"This one is not for the kids! Super spicy and perfect for those hot summer days when you want something besides potato salad to take to the neighborhood BBQ."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Super Spicy Pea Salad

Why it works: Dill and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Super Spicy Pea Salad

4 1/2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories
19 gProtein
16 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Relishnot 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. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Onion + dilltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,639 recipes

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

  4. Peas + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,460 recipes

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

  5. Onion + jalapenotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,250 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, onion, dill, egg, pepper, cheese):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, onion, dill, egg, pepper, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.