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Apricot-Glazed Pork Chops

"This is a great recipe given to me by a close friend who never has enough time to cook for her family. It's quick and easy to prepare and cook, allowing you to have a yummy dinner on the table in no time. The sauce goes very well with a side of rice, too. Enjoy!"

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Apricot-Glazed Pork Chops

Why it works: Apricot and ginger work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 341 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Apricot-Glazed Pork Chops

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

411Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)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.

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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. Apricot + gingertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together341 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

  3. Ginger + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,725 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Apricot + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Olive + porktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, ginger, pepper, olive, pork):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Apricotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, ginger, pepper, olive, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.