Name: Pork and Vegetables Stew
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: - 3 potatoes; - 5-6 carrots (you can use less than that if you don't like them); - pork (I used 2 pork chops); - 1 onion or 3 spring onions; - vegetables(I used some frozen vegetables, peppers, tomatoes and aubergine); - salt pepper and a pork stock cube; - 2 tbsp of oil (if the meat has fat on it don't use the oil); - parsley

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Pork and Vegetables Stew

Serves 4

Ingredients

- 3 potatoes
- 5-6 carrots (you can use less than that if you don't like them)
- pork (I used 2 pork chops)
- 1 onion or 3 spring onions
- vegetables(I used some frozen vegetables, peppers, tomatoes and aubergine)
- salt pepper and a pork stock cube
- 2 tbsp of oil (if the meat has fat on it don't use the oil)
- parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

746Calories

35 gProtein

42 gFat

61 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	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.

Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,053 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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 (potato, carrot, pork, pepper, tomato, meat, parsley):

Capsicumfits better
Okrafits about as well
Spinachfits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, carrot, pork, pepper, tomato, meat, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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