Name: Peach-Glazed Pork Chops with Fresh Peach Salsa
Ingredients: 3/4 cup peach jam or preserves; 6 Tbs. bourbon whiskey or peach nectar; 4 Tbs. white wine vinegar; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. hot-pepper sauce; 1 cup chopped peaches; 1 green bell pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped; 1/2 cup chopped red onion; 1 to 2 jalapeño chilies, seeded and finely chopped; 3 Tbs. chopped fresh cilantro or mint; 1 tsp. grated lime zest; 2 Tbs. fresh lime juice; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 6 boneless pork chops, each about 6 oz. and 3/4 inch thick; 3 Tbs. olive oil; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Why it works: Mint and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,372 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Peach + limetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together130 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, pepper, sauce, onion, mint, lime):

Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Avocadofits better
Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, pepper, sauce, onion, mint, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bourbon Whiskey	1/2 oz (15ml)	33
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

Peach-Glazed Pork Chops with Fresh Peach Salsa