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BBQ Ranch Pork Wraps

BBQ pulled pork couples with a delicious chopped BBQ ranch salad for a fix-it-and-forget-it-supper.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pork and ranch work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 117 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook8 hr

Ingredients

Contains: wheat, soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Pat the pork loin dry. Mix the pressed garlic, liquid smoke, Worcestershire, and the lime zest and juice, then rub the mixture all over the pork. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  2. Place the pork in a slow cooker, cover, and cook on LOW for 8 hours (480 minutes) until very tender. The thickest part must reach at least 145°F (63°C) before resting.

  3. Transfer the pork to a board and rest it for 3 minutes. Shred it with two forks and set aside.

  4. Pour the cooking juices into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Stir in the cornstarch mixed with a splash of cold water and simmer 1 minute until thickened.

  5. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker. Pour in the thickened juices and stir in BBQ sauce, adding a little extra if needed. Keep warm on LOW.

  6. In a large bowl, toss the chopped BBQ ranch salad mix, coleslaw veggie mix, and shredded carrots together.

  7. Warm the tortillas or bread wraps in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 30 seconds per side.

  8. Spoon the pork onto each wrap, top with the slaw mix, roll up, and serve.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pork + ranchtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Lime + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together645 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Pork + breadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,342 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Garlic + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pork + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together7,155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, garlic, ranch, carrot, sauce, bread):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Grapeabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Pumpkinabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, garlic, ranch, carrot, sauce, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).