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Barbecued Sweetcorn with Chipotle Mayo Dressing Recipe

There are few things as delicious as barbecued sweetcorn. If you can't get a fire going outside, roast them in your oven instead.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Barbecued Sweetcorn with Chipotle Mayo Dressing Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

449Calories
24 gProtein
26 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Saucenot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 lovefood. 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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Corn + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,081 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Corn + cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together880 recipes

    Shared aroma: butanoic acid ethyl ester (sweet).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, sauce, lime, sugar, cheese):

  1. Corianderthe original
  2. Cuminfits about as well
  3. Jalapenofits less well
  4. Gingerfits less well

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