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Orange Mojo Pork Tenderloin

This recipe is easy enough for a midweek dinner (if you marinate the pork the night before) and showy enough for company. A brightly flavored Latin spice rub and a marinade of orange juice, fresh herbs, a dozen garlic cloves and some jalapeños deliver enough flavor to satisfy the fussiest palates.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Orange Mojo Pork Tenderloin

Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,866 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Orange Mojo Pork Tenderloin

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Cumin + clovetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cumin, sugar, coriander, pepper, olive, clove, orange):

  1. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  2. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cumin, sugar, coriander, pepper, olive, clove, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).