Name: Collard Greens Egg Roll Recipe
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 16 ounce bag of frozen collard greens; 8 ounces of chicken stock; 1 tsp. of granulated garlic ,crushed red pepper, onion powder and kosher salt. (salt will not be added until greens are cooked); 1/2 medium onion chopped; 2 strips of thick cut nitrate free bacon roughly chopped; egg roll wrappers

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Collard Greens Egg Roll Recipe

Serves 5

Ingredients

1 16 ounce bag of frozen collard greens
8 ounces of chicken stock
1 tsp. of granulated garlic ,crushed red pepper, onion powder and kosher salt. (salt will not be added until greens are cooked)
1/2 medium onion chopped
2 strips of thick cut nitrate free bacon roughly chopped
egg roll wrappers

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

353Calories

43 gProtein

13 gFat

15 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Egg Roll	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Collard Greens	1 cup (36g) raw	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 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 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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, pepper, egg):

Spinachfits better
Capsicumfits better
Potatofits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, pepper, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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