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Chile-Tamarind Trixy Stix Recipe

This chile-tamarind trixy stix recipe, modeled after Pixy Stix candy, uses tamarind paste and cayenne pepper for a straw full of sour and spicy sugar.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Chile-Tamarind Trixy Stix Recipe

Why it works: Pepper and tamarind work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 207 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Chile-Tamarind Trixy Stix Recipe

About 20 Trixy Stix
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

57Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Tamarindnot 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 chow. 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. Pepper + tamarindtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together207 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Sugar + tamarindtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together362 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,401 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 tamarind

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Tamarindthe original
  4. Mangofits about as well

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