Name: Barbecue Bacon Burgers with Pineapple Salsa
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ whole Pineapple; ½ cups Onion, Diced; 4 Tablespoons Jalapeno, More Or Less To Taste; 1 Tablespoon Cilantro, Chopped; 4 Burger Patties (beef, Turkey, Veggie); ½ cups Seasoned Salt, To Taste; 4 slices Salt And Pepper, to taste; 4 Barbecue Sauce; 4 slices Monterey Jack Cheese

Why it works: Onion and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,092 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Barbecue Bacon Burgers with Pineapple Salsa

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

½ whole Pineapple
½ cups Onion, Diced
4 Tablespoons Jalapeno, More Or Less To Taste
1 Tablespoon Cilantro, Chopped
4 Burger Patties (beef, Turkey, Veggie)
½ cups Seasoned Salt, To Taste
4 slices Salt And Pepper, to taste
4 Barbecue Sauce
4 slices Monterey Jack Cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

669Calories

67 gProtein

29 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	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.

Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + turkeytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together248 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pineapple + peppertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together533 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, onion, beef, turkey, pepper, sauce, cheese):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Celeryfits better
Jalapenothe original

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

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