Name: Hungarian Pork Stew Recipe, Guest Post By the Watering Mouth
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8 to 10
Ingredients: 8 medium yellow onions, chopped to medium dice; 1/3 cup canola/vegetable oil, plus more for frying; 9 3/4-inch thick boneless center cut loin pork chops, trimmed of fat, sliced in half length-wise, pounded 1/4 inch thin (if you’re lucky enough to find the thin loin chops, you’ll only have to pound them thin); 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon pepper; flour for dredging; 3 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika; Vegeta to taste, approximately 1 tablespoon (but if you can’t find it, just use vegetable/chicken soup seasoning packets); 1 cup sour cream

Why it works: Pork and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,417 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Hungarian Pork Stew Recipe, Guest Post By the Watering Mouth

8 to 10

Prep1 hr

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

8 medium yellow onions, chopped to medium dice
1/3 cup canola/vegetable oil, plus more for frying
9 3/4-inch thick boneless center cut loin pork chops, trimmed of fat, sliced in half length-wise, pounded 1/4 inch thin (if you’re lucky enough to find the thin loin chops, you’ll only have to pound them thin)
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper
flour for dredging
3 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika
Vegeta to taste, approximately 1 tablespoon (but if you can’t find it, just use vegetable/chicken soup seasoning packets)
1 cup sour cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1375Calories

89 gProtein

61 gFat

112 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Canola	1 tbsp (14g)	124
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	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 steamykitchen. 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.

Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,417 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Onion + porktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pork + creamtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,093 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, flour, chicken, cream):

Potatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, flour, chicken, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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