Name: Chile-Lime-Tequila Compound Butter Recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 stick), at room temperature; 2 teaspoons minced jalapeño or serrano chiles, seeds and membranes removed; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed; juice (from 1/2 medium lime); 2 teaspoons tequila (optional); 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chile-Lime-Tequila Compound Butter Recipe

6 servings

Ingredients

6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 stick), at room temperature
2 teaspoons minced jalapeño or serrano chiles, seeds and membranes removed
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed
juice (from 1/2 medium lime)
2 teaspoons tequila (optional)
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

119Calories

1 gProtein

12 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	not in our table	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.

Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together85,593 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + limetop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,339 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the lime

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

Lemonfits better
Mangofits about as well
Limethe original
Plumfits about as well

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

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