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Seared Pork Chops with Peach Pineapple Salsa

Tender bone-in pork chops bathed in an incredible maple marinade, then seared to perfection. A fresh peach pineapple salsa tops it off perfectly!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Seared Pork Chops with Peach Pineapple Salsa

Why it works: Lemon and peach work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 947 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Seared Pork Chops with Peach Pineapple Salsa

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

695Calories
33 gProtein
29 gFat
83 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Lemon + peachtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together947 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pork + canola oiltop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together265 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Maple syrup + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Lemon + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together376 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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 (pork, maple syrup, sauce, sugar, lemon, canola oil, peach):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, maple syrup, sauce, sugar, lemon, canola oil, peach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.