Name: Grilled Cranberry-Glazed Pork Chops
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 whole Center Cut Pork Chops (1/2 Pound Each) 1/2" Thickness; 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil; ¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Black Pepper, Onion Powder; 1 cup Hot Water; 1 cup Fresh Whole Cranberries; ½ cups Karo Syrup; 2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Grilled Cranberry-Glazed Pork Chops

Serves 4

Prep12 min

Cook35 min

Ingredients

4 whole Center Cut Pork Chops (1/2 Pound Each) 1/2" Thickness
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Black Pepper, Onion Powder
1 cup Hot Water
1 cup Fresh Whole Cranberries
½ cups Karo Syrup
2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

564Calories

29 gProtein

45 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 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
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Syrup	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.

Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,214 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,716 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, pepper, syrup, cream, butter):

Potatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, pepper, syrup, cream, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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