Name: Sweet and Spicy Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound Ground Turkey; 1 whole Egg; ¾ cups Plain Breadcrumbs; ½ teaspoons Salt; ¼ teaspoons Pepper; 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil; 1 jar (8 3/4 Oz. Size) Dickinson's Sweet N' Hot Pepper & Onion Relish (or Any Sweet And Spicy Jam, Preserve Or Relish); 1 cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth

Why it works: Turkey and chicken work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 688 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

Sweet and Spicy Meatballs

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook35 min

Ingredients

1 pound Ground Turkey
1 whole Egg
¾ cups Plain Breadcrumbs
½ teaspoons Salt
¼ teaspoons Pepper
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1 jar (8 3/4 Oz. Size) Dickinson's Sweet N' Hot Pepper & Onion Relish (or Any Sweet And Spicy Jam, Preserve Or Relish)
1 cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

867Calories

52 gProtein

24 gFat

107 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Relish	not in our table	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.

Turkey + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together688 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,636 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Pepper + chickentop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,958 recipes

Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).
Egg + chickentop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,991 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Turkey + eggtop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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