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Sweet and Sour Brussels Sprouts

Tender Sweet and Sour Brussels Sprouts. Pre-cooked, then roasted, tossed in sweet-and-sour sauce and topped with roasted pepitas. Perfect for a side dish or a light vegetarian (vegan) meal.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sweet and Sour Brussels Sprouts

Why it works: Red wine and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 575 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Sweet and Sour Brussels Sprouts

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories
5 gProtein
15 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pepitanot 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. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  4. Olive + red winetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,318 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, red wine, vinegar, maple syrup, fish sauce, sauce):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, red wine, vinegar, maple syrup, fish sauce, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.