Name: Bacon Jam Recipe
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 8 ounces thick-cut bacon , cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces; 1/4 medium yellow onion , thinly sliced; 3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar; 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth or stock; 1 tablespoon honey; 1/2 teaspoon ground piment d’Espelette; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt , plus more as needed; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Why it works: Onion and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Bacon Jam Recipe

1 1/2 cups

Cook55 min

Ingredients

8 ounces thick-cut bacon , cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces
1/4 medium yellow onion , thinly sliced
3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
3 cups low-sodium chicken broth or stock
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon ground piment d’Espelette
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt , plus more as needed
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

473Calories

36 gProtein

19 gFat

42 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
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 chow. 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.

Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Honey + buttertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,327 recipes

Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,902 recipes

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

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 (sugar, chicken, honey, pepper, butter):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Mustardfits better
Onionthe original

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

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