Name: Grilled Skirt Steak with Chili-Lime Butter
Ingredients: 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 tsp. chili-lime rub; 1 1/2 to 2 lb. skirt steak, trimmed of excess fat; 1 Tbs. olive oil; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Grilled Skirt Steak with Chili-Lime Butter

Ingredients

4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tsp. chili-lime rub
1 1/2 to 2 lb. skirt steak, trimmed of excess fat
1 Tbs. olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

477Calories

26 gProtein

40 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
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.

Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,621 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Butter + olivetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,887 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

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 (butter, olive, pepper):

Lemonfits better
Mangofits about as well
Limethe original
Avocadofits about as well

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

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