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Polish Sour Cabbage with Meat

This recipe is one of the most popular meal in Poland

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Polish Sour Cabbage with Meat

Why it works: Cabbage and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,081 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Polish Sour Cabbage with Meat

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

551Calories
66 gProtein
19 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 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 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.

  1. Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Turkey + porktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together830 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  5. Onion + cabbagetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,001 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 cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, onion, pork, mushroom, pepper, tomato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, onion, pork, mushroom, pepper, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.