Name: Italian Pork Tenderloin and Potatoes in Crockpot
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1-¼ pound Pork Tenderloin; 1-½ cup Carrots, Sliced About 1/4"; 1 cup Celery, Diced About 1/4" Thick; 2 whole Medium Rustic Potatoes, Scrubbed Clean And Cut Into Bite Size Pieces; 1-½ cup Low-Sodium Vegetable (or Chicken) Broth; 2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning Mix (The Kind In The Package You Use To Make Dressing); ½ teaspoons Black Pepper; 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch; 1-½ Tablespoon Water

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Italian Pork Tenderloin and Potatoes in Crockpot

Serves 5

Prep10 min

Cook8 hr

Ingredients

1-¼ pound Pork Tenderloin
1-½ cup Carrots, Sliced About 1/4"
1 cup Celery, Diced About 1/4" Thick
2 whole Medium Rustic Potatoes, Scrubbed Clean And Cut Into Bite Size Pieces
1-½ cup Low-Sodium Vegetable (or Chicken) Broth
2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning Mix (The Kind In The Package You Use To Make Dressing)
½ teaspoons Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
1-½ Tablespoon Water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1180Calories

76 gProtein

33 gFat

141 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Water	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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,417 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pork + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,668 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, carrot, potato, chicken, pepper):

Thymefits about as well
Marjoramfits about as well
Parsleyfits about as well
Celerythe original

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

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