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How to Make Crunchy Pickles

These pickles are easy to make and contain a secret ingredient you may have in your kitchen.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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How to Make Crunchy Pickles

Why it works: Dill and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

How to Make Crunchy Pickles

Serves 12
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

26Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Leafnot in our table0
Teanot in our table0
Waternot 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. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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

  4. Tea + cucumbertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Dill + teatop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (dill, tea, cucumber):

  1. Peppermintfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against dill, tea, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.