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Blazing Bronco Burgers with Smoking Chipotle Honey Sauce

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Why it works: Honey and sauce work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 638 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

  1. To prepare burgers, divide the meat into 4 equal portions and shape into patties.

  2. Combine the salt, pepper and creole or Cajun seasoning, then sprinkle the mixture evenly over the 4 patties.

  3. Grill the burgers until nearly cooked to desired level.

  4. Top each patty with a chili pepper, followed by a slice of cheese.

  5. Cover the grill until cheese melts and burgers are cooked to desired level.

  6. Spread the chipotle honey sauce evenly on each of the four buns.

  7. Serve patties on buns and garnish with lettuce, tomato and red onion.

  8. Category:SF&SC

  9. Category:Independence Day Meat and Seafood

  10. Category:Burger Recipes

  11. Category:Ground beef Recipes

  12. Category:Ground bison Recipes

  13. Category:California chile Recipes

  14. Category:Jack cheese Recipes

  15. Category:Lettuce Recipes

  16. Category:Tomato Recipes

  17. Category:Red onion Recipes

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Honey + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together638 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Beef + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,091 recipes

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

  3. Beef + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,445 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,913 recipes

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

  5. Lettuce + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 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

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, buffalo, pepper, cheese, tomato, onion, honey):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, buffalo, pepper, cheese, tomato, onion, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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