Name: Carolina Pork Tenderloin with Peach BBQ Sauce and Sweet Potato Hash Browns
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray; 1 tablespoon hickory barbecue seasoning blend; 2 pounds pork tenderloin, cleaned; 2 cups prepared virgin Bloody Mary mix; 1 1/2 cups peach nectar; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar; 3 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 teaspoon granulated garlic; 2 teaspoons hot sauce; Freshly cracked black pepper; 2 1/2 cups chopped frozen peaches; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 cups sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded; 1 to 2 cups bagged frozen onions and red bell pepper mixture, chopped; 1/4 cup chopped fresh celery leaves; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 fresh peaches, sliced; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves

Why it works: Garlic and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,090 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Apple cider vinegar + garlictop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together344 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pork + garlictop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,169 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Pork + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,933 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,147 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

Lemonfits better
Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Peachthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Carolina Pork Tenderloin with Peach BBQ Sauce and Sweet Potato Hash Browns