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Baked Pickles with Ranch Dressing

Crispy baked pickles with a hint of spice from Sriracha sauce served with homemade ranch dressing. Only 87 calories a serving.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Baked Pickles with Ranch Dressing

Why it works: Pepper and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Baked Pickles with Ranch Dressing

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook13 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

638Calories
27 gProtein
12 gFat
102 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Egg Substitute1 large egg (50g)78
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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 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. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

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

  4. Egg + srirachatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Sriracha + garlictop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together270 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, flour, garlic, pepper, bread, dill):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, flour, garlic, pepper, bread, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.