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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

A delicious roasted Brussels sprouts side dish with chopped bacon.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

222Calories
7 gProtein
18 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Brussels sprouts + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Brussels sprouts + olivetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, clove, garlic):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, clove, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.