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Beer-Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage

You need only a small amount of beer to flavor the sauce for this Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage. We trust you know what to do with the rest of the bottle.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Beer-Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage

Why it works: Pork and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,716 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Beer-Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

682Calories
32 gProtein
40 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 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.

By bonappetit. 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.

  1. Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Cabbage + appletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together235 recipes

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

  3. Apple cider vinegar + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Apple cider vinegar + cabbagetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Olive + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,565 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 cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, sauce, sugar, apple cider vinegar, olive, butter, apple):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, sauce, sugar, apple cider vinegar, olive, butter, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.