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All-American Pig Buns Recipe

When you asked for a tailgating game day recipe, I immediately thought of pig-skin and that made me think of ham and a little gem of a sandwich in my recipe box...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

All-American Pig Buns Recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

734Calories
62 gProtein
46 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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.

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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. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  3. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Mustard + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Mustard + hamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, mustard, sauce, onion, ham):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Tarragonfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, mustard, sauce, onion, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.