Name: Pork Chops with Garlic and Onions
Ingredients: 1 tb Granulated sugar; 2 tb Fish Sauce(nuoc mam); 1 ea Onion; 4 ea Cloves garlic; 1 tb Vegetable oil; 4 ea Boneless pork chops

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Pork Chops with Garlic and Onions

Ingredients

Directions

Combine salt, sugar, fish sauce, minced onion, chopped garlic and oil. Pour over chops in a shallow dish. Let marinate 3 to 4 hours, turning meat occaisionally.
Grill or bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to 60 minutes or until cooked. Slice into bite sizes pieces before serving. Make 4 servings
Category:Bhutani Recipes
Category:Bhutani Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

467Calories

29 gProtein

28 gFat

25 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Garlic	1 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.

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + porktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,214 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + clovetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together16,901 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Garlic + porktop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,169 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, fish sauce, onion, garlic, pork):

Gingerfits better
Cuminfits better
Corianderfits better
Clovethe original

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