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Chili Chocolate Pork Chops

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chili Chocolate Pork Chops

Why it works: Walnut and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 241 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Chili Chocolate Pork Chops

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1002Calories
38 gProtein
65 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Trail Mixnot 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. Walnut + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Olive + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Red wine + appletop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Pork + peanuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together176 recipes

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

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, butter, red wine, apple, walnut, peanut):

  1. Grapefits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, butter, red wine, apple, walnut, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.