Name: Sonora Dog Breakfast
Ingredients: ¼ kilo sausage, without casing; 2 tablespoons non salted butter; ¼ cup copped onion; 3 eggs; Salt; Ground pepper; ½ cup cheddar cheese, grated; Rice steamed

Why it works: Butter and cheddar cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,436 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Sonora Dog Breakfast

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the sausage in a frying pan over medium heat. Break up the sausage with a wooden spoon. Once sausage is brown, take it out of the frying pan and let it drain on paper towels.
If there is any fat left in the pan make sure to take it out. Put in 1 tablespoon of the butter onto the pan and melt this over medium heat. Add in the baby cabbage and cook until it is transparent.
Beat the eggs with a whisk for 40 seconds in a mixing bowl. Then, add in the salt and pepper and cheese stirring all together. Add in the rest of the butter to the frying pan with baby cabbage . Once this has melted, put the sausage back into the frying pan and let it heat up for a minute. Pour the egg mixture on it and let it cook over medium heat, lifting the pan until the eggs are not runny. Fold in half and serve the omelet with steamed rice or alone.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

791Calories

46 gProtein

41 gFat

58 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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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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.

Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,436 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,433 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + ricetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,379 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Onion + cheddar cheesetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,669 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, pepper, cheddar cheese, rice):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, pepper, cheddar cheese, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.