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Cooking for Others: Retro Birthday Barbecue

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Cooking for Others: Retro Birthday Barbecue

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1207Calories
77 gProtein
67 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Potato Chip1 medium (173g) baked161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Hot Dognot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Cakenot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Peanut + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Peanut + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,043 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 vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peanut, potato chip, onion, chicken, chocolate):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Vanillathe original
  4. Limefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against peanut, potato chip, onion, chicken, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.