Name: Pork Chops with Fennel
Ingredients: 2 Tbs. olive oil; 4 boneless pork chops, each 6 oz.; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 2 Tbs. herbes de Provence; 2 fennel bulbs, sliced 1⁄4 inch thick; 2 red, yellow or orange bell peppers, seeded and; cut into slices 1⁄4 inch thick; Juice of 2 oranges; 1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Why it works: Fennel and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 625 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Pork Chops with Fennel

Ingredients

2 Tbs. olive oil
4 boneless pork chops, each 6 oz.
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 Tbs. herbes de Provence
2 fennel bulbs, sliced 1⁄4 inch thick
2 red, yellow or orange bell peppers, seeded and
cut into slices 1⁄4 inch thick
Juice of 2 oranges
1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

488Calories

31 gProtein

28 gFat

29 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Orange Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Fennel Bulb	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. 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.

Fennel + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together625 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Fennel + orangetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together201 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + fenneltop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,344 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (olive, pork, pepper, fennel, parsley):

Lemonfits better
Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Orangethe original

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

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