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Pulled Pork Loaded Sweet Potato Fries

This recipe was inspired by a great appetizer at a brew pub, and it’s a great way to use part of a batch of pulled pork. I used PW’s Spicy Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Pulled Pork Loaded Sweet Potato Fries

Why it works: Pork and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,735 recipes. Both carry 12-methyltridecanal, which smells tallowy, beefy. The science ↓

Pulled Pork Loaded Sweet Potato Fries

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

629Calories
45 gProtein
33 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113

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. Pork + cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,735 recipes

    Shared aroma: 12-methyltridecanal (tallowy, beefy).

  2. Sweet potato + porktop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together235 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Sweet potato + cheesetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the sweet potato

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

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

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