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Tequila-Marinated Skirt Steak

California chili powder is made from dried California chili peppers, also known as Anaheim chilies. Here, the spice adds mild heat and peppery flavor to a compound butter that’s served atop grilled skirt steak.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Tequila-Marinated Skirt Steak

Why it works: Lime and canola oil work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 240 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Tequila-Marinated Skirt Steak

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

539Calories
27 gProtein
40 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 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.

  1. Lime + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together240 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Canola oil + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together566 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Lime + buttertop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, sugar, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, sugar, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.