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Pork Tenderloin with Tangy Pineapple Pepper Chutney Sauce

"Pineapple pepper chutney brings big flavor to this easy pork tenderloin recipe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Pork Tenderloin with Tangy Pineapple Pepper Chutney Sauce

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Pork Tenderloin with Tangy Pineapple Pepper Chutney Sauce

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

397Calories
30 gProtein
15 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Mustard + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,588 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Orange + parsleytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together680 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the parsley

The recipe marks parsley as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, mustard, pineapple, orange):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Allspicefits better
  3. Clovefits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, mustard, pineapple, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.