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Green Curry Pork Tenderloin

This spicy green curry uses tender marinated pork tenderloin and is sprinkled with crunchy cumin-spiced pumpkin seeds.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Green Curry Pork Tenderloin

Why it works: Sesame and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 208 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Green Curry Pork Tenderloin

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

980Calories
33 gProtein
69 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pepitanot 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 bonappetit. 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 + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together208 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Maple syrup + pumpkintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together256 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Sesame + porktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together456 recipes

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

  4. Orange + cumintop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together317 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Pumpkin + cumintop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, maple syrup, sesame, pork, pumpkin, cumin, sugar):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, maple syrup, sesame, pork, pumpkin, cumin, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.