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Smoked Beef Brisket with Carolina Rub

A slow-cooked, smoked brisket that is covered in a sweet and spicy homemade Carolina-style spice rub.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Smoked Beef Brisket with Carolina Rub

Why it works: Cumin and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,382 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Smoked Beef Brisket with Carolina Rub

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories
27 gProtein
16 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
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. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  3. Cumin + beeftop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,055 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Sugar + cumintop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,140 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,401 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, pepper, beef):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

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