Skip to main content

Baked Onion Recipe

I wanted to cook an onion with my baked potatoes. I saw too many complicated ones but found one that said to bake covered with balsamic vinegar and cut all sorts...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Onion and pepper 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 ↓

Baked Onion Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

53Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

Explore the science

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. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  2. Onion + apple cider vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Apple cider vinegar + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together477 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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 (apple cider vinegar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cabbagefits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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