Name: Oriental Bangers & Mash
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 500g Maris Piper or King Edward potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks; 50ml milk; 3 spring onions , thinly sliced; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 6 pork & chilli sausages; 300ml beef stock; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

Why it works: Pork and beef match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,690 recipes. Both carry 12-methyltridecanal, which smells tallowy, beefy. The science ↓

Oriental Bangers & Mash

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

500g Maris Piper or King Edward potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
50ml milk
3 spring onions , thinly sliced
1 tbsp vegetable oil
6 pork & chilli sausages
300ml beef stock
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1266Calories

78 gProtein

78 gFat

61 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Sauce	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Pork + beeftop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,690 recipes

Shared aroma: 12-methyltridecanal (tallowy, beefy).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + porktop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,668 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + beeftop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,052 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, milk, pork, beef, sauce):

Tomatofits about as well
Onionthe original
Capsicumfits about as well
Asparagusfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, milk, pork, beef, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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