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Pulled Pork Hash with Baked Eggs

Love pulled pork? Make a meal, or two, or even three out of one pork shoulder! This is how. Meal number one is pulled pork. Meal number two is BBQ sandwiches. Meal number three is this recipe, and it just might be my favorite! As always, there are never any processed ingredients.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pulled Pork Hash with Baked Eggs

Why it works: Olive and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,889 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyl acetate, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Pulled Pork Hash with Baked Eggs

Serves 5
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

675Calories
40 gProtein
34 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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. Olive + cherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,889 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  2. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Mushroom + porktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

  4. Pepper + cherrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,336 recipes

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

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, mushroom, pepper, pork, egg):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Cherrythe original
  4. Limefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, mushroom, pepper, pork, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.