Name: Maple Black Pepper Pork Chops
Yield: 2 people
Ingredients: 2 bone-in, thick cut pork chops (about 1-inch thick); 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns, crushed; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 medium shallot, minced; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves; 2 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar; 1/4 cup maple syrup (Grade B or Dark Amber)

Why it works: Shallot and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Maple Black Pepper Pork Chops

2 people

Ingredients

2 bone-in, thick cut pork chops (about 1-inch thick)
1 tablespoon olive oil
3/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns, crushed
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 medium shallot, minced
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
2 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 cup maple syrup (Grade B or Dark Amber)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

433Calories

28 gProtein

28 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cider	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.

By seriouseats. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,659 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, thyme, cider, vinegar, maple syrup):

Mustardfits better
Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, thyme, cider, vinegar, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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