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Tortilla Chip-Crusted Pork Chops

Classic breaded pork chops are updated with crushed tortilla chips and spices!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Tortilla Chip-Crusted Pork Chops

Why it works: Cumin and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tortilla Chip-Crusted Pork Chops

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

957Calories
52 gProtein
25 gFat
128 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  2. Bread + porktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Garlic + porktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Bread + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together767 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the cumin

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

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

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