Name: Chow Slider Recipe
Yield: 9 sliders
Ingredients: 1/2 pound lean ground chuck (15 percent fat content); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil; 5 teaspoons minced white onion; 9; warmed and sliced in half; 9 (1/8-inch-thick) dill pickle slices

Why it works: Pepper and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chow Slider Recipe

9 sliders

Ingredients

1/2 pound lean ground chuck (15 percent fat content)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
5 teaspoons minced white onion
9
warmed and sliced in half
9 (1/8-inch-thick) dill pickle slices

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

173Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

12 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
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 + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + dilltop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,639 recipes

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

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, dill):

Carrotfits better
Capsicumfits better
Cabbagefits better
Onionthe original

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

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