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Brussels Sprouts Ala Angela

"My friend Angela gave me this holiday hit recipe! Everyone loved it and was asking for the recipe. Brussels sprouts have never been a favorite of mine until now. Beef stock can be used in place of chicken stock. Great side dish with our Easter ham. ENJOY!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and brussels sprouts work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 25 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Cook the diced bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and leave about 2 tablespoons of drippings in the skillet.

  2. Add the diced onion to the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly golden, about 5 minutes.

  3. Stir in the minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute until fragrant.

  4. Add the halved Brussels sprouts cut side down in a single layer and cook undisturbed for 3 minutes until the bottoms are browned.

  5. Pour in the chicken stock, cover the skillet, and simmer over medium-low heat for about 8 minutes, until the sprouts are tender when pierced with a knife.

  6. Uncover, raise the heat to medium-high, and boil off any remaining liquid for 1 to 2 minutes.

  7. Return the crisp bacon to the skillet, toss everything together, and serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Garlic + brussels sproutstop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Onion + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Onion + brussels sproutstop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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