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Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts IV

"These delicious wrapped water chestnuts are a great finger food appetizer. I serve them when my sorority meets at my house. Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts IV

Why it works: Sugar and ketchup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 260 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts IV

20 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

196Calories
11 gProtein
9 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Water Chestnutnot in our table0
Relishnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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. Sugar + ketchuptop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Water chestnut + dilltop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Water chestnut + sugartop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  4. Sugar + dilltop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together463 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Dill + ketchuptop 49% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (water chestnut, sugar, ketchup):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against water chestnut, sugar, ketchup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.