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Caveman Pops

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By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Caveman Pops

Why it works: Turkey and onion work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 577 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Caveman Pops

Serves 10
Prep6 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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

By thepioneerwoman. 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. Turkey + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + oniontop 36% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Turkey + sugartop 38% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and onion barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,747 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.