Name: The Greatest Brisket Ever
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 h
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 3 1/2 fluid ounces hickory-flavored liquid smoke; 1 (10 fluid ounce) bottle steak sauce; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon fresh-ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon garlic powder; 1 (3 pound) beef brisket; 1 thinly sliced onion

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The Greatest Brisket Ever

6 Servings

Prep10 min

Cook7 hr

Ingredients

3 1/2 fluid ounces hickory-flavored liquid smoke
1 (10 fluid ounce) bottle steak sauce
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon fresh-ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 (3 pound) beef brisket
1 thinly sliced onion

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories

28 gProtein

15 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Smoke	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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