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Hot Paprika Tomato, Onion and Pepper Condiment

A spicy condiment made with lard, onions, banana peppers, tomatoes, sugar, salt, and paprika.

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Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Hot Paprika Tomato, Onion and Pepper Condiment

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sauce

  1. Heat lard, add sliced onion, and cook over very low heat for 5 minutes.

  2. Add banana pepper slices and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

  3. Add tomatoes, sugar, salt, and paprika, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes longer.

  4. Adjust sugar and salt to taste.

Finish

  1. If you are going to put sausage into it, reduce salt.

  2. Lesco can be frozen successfully.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

460Calories
4 gProtein
27 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Banana + tomatotop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together200 recipes

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

  5. Banana + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together483 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Onions
Soften slowly over low heat to build a sweet, mellow base for the sauce.
Banana peppers
Add bulk and mild sweetness, softening as they cook into the sauce.
Tomatoes
Provide moisture and acidity that cook down into the body of the sauce.
Paprika
Adds earthy, aromatic flavour and colour to the sauce.

The step that matters

Cooking the onions over very low heat. Slow, gentle cooking softens onions and draws out their sugars without browning them harshly, giving a sweet base. Higher heat can scorch the lard and make the sauce taste bitter.

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, tomato, sugar):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Bananathe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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