Name: Gravy-Baked Pork Steaks
Ingredients: 4 pork chops, ½- inch thick; 3 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon soy sauce, optional; 10 ½ oz. can cream of mushroom soup; 1 beef broth cube, optional; ⅔ can evaporated milk; ⅓ cup water, warm only

Why it works: Pork and beef match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,690 recipes. Both carry 12-methyltridecanal, which smells tallowy, beefy. The science ↓

Gravy-Baked Pork Steaks

Ingredients

4 pork chops, ½- inch thick
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon soy sauce, optional
10 ½ oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1 beef broth cube, optional
⅔ can evaporated milk
⅓ cup water, warm only

Directions

Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Brown with the shortening in a large skillet.
For the gravy base: Drain; just mix the remaining ingredients especially including the broth cube and the soy sauce.
Pour around chops. Bake in the oven at 350° F for 45 minutes or until tender.
Stir in gravy, then serve warm and plain over white rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

818Calories

65 gProtein

54 gFat

16 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Soup	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Pork + beeftop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,690 recipes

Shared aroma: 12-methyltridecanal (tallowy, beefy).
Sauce + evaporated milktop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together53 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Mushroom + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,232 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Pork + mushroomtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).