Name: Italian Sausage and Sautéed Onion Jalapeño Poppers Recipe
Yield: 4 to 6 servings as an appetizer
Ingredients: 12 jalapeño peppers; 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 1/2 cup cooked, finely chopped hot or sweet Italian sausage; 1/4 cup sautéed yellow onion; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Why it works: Pepper and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Italian Sausage and Sautéed Onion Jalapeño Poppers Recipe

4 to 6 servings as an appetizer

Ingredients

12 jalapeño peppers
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup cooked, finely chopped hot or sweet Italian sausage
1/4 cup sautéed yellow onion
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

391Calories

30 gProtein

24 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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 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.

Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,097 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Pepper + cream cheesetop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,195 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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 (pepper, cream cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

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