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Orange-Chili Butter

There are a great many uses for this flavorful butter. Use on grilling corn, on your favorite grilled meat or potatoes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Orange-Chili Butter

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 ↓

Orange-Chili Butter

Serves 6
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

231Calories
2 gProtein
18 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,402 recipes

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

  5. Orange + cumintop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together317 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, butter, cumin, pepper, sauce):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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