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Jalapeno Devilled Eggs

A deviled egg recipe with honey, salad dressing, and jalapeno pepper.

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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 ↓

Jalapeno Devilled Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Blend egg yolks, honey and dressing until smooth.

  2. Mix in seasonings and jalapeno, except for chili powder.

Fill and serve

  1. Put spoonful of mixture in each egg white center and sprinkle with chili powder.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

204Calories
8 gProtein
6 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Salad Dressingnot 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.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  5. Onion + jalapenotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,250 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg yolks
Form the creamy base of the filling that gives the deviled eggs their texture.
Salad dressing
Adds moisture and tang, helping the yolks blend into a smooth, spreadable filling.
Sue bee honey
Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the jalapeno and dressing.
Jalapeno pepper
Adds heat and fresh pepper flavor to the filling.

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, honey, onion, garlic, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, honey, onion, garlic, pepper. 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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