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Thai Pork Chops in Ginger Coconut Sauce

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By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Thai Pork Chops in Ginger Coconut Sauce

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Thai Pork Chops in Ginger Coconut Sauce

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

831Calories
35 gProtein
56 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By steamykitchen. 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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

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

  4. Fish sauce + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Pork + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,386 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, milk, fish sauce, sauce, lime, sugar):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Coconutthe original
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, milk, fish sauce, sauce, lime, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.