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Quick-Braised Pork Chops with Salsa

Easy to make and full of flavor, Quick-Braised Pork Chops with Spicy Salsa is sure to please. Easy to make and economical too, this recipe requires only a few ingredients. It’s a perfect recipe for college students or busy families.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Quick-Braised Pork Chops with Salsa

Why it works: Pork and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,417 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Quick-Braised Pork Chops with Salsa

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

554Calories
59 gProtein
31 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 tastykitchen. 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. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  3. Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Pork + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,121 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