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Sriracha Sour Cream & Chives

Try some of this next time you make baked potatoes! Scrumptious and a unique flavor experience.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Sriracha Sour Cream & Chives

Why it works: Cumin and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 84 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sriracha Sour Cream & Chives

Serves 4
Prep6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

120Calories
18 gProtein
1 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Saucenot 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. Cumin + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pepper + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cream + peppertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together21,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Cream + chivetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together700 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

Cream and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 21,449 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, pepper, cumin, chive):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, pepper, cumin, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.