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Cheesy Pork Chops with Spicy Apples

"Succulent pork chops topped with a spicy apple and onion topping and finished with cheese. Perfect with braised cabbage."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cheesy Pork Chops with Spicy Apples

Why it works: Pork and cheddar cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,505 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Cheesy Pork Chops with Spicy Apples

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

662Calories
36 gProtein
36 gFat
51 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Pork + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Onion + porktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

  4. Apple + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 recipes

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

  5. Onion + peppertop 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, pepper, apple, sugar, vinegar, pork, cheddar cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, apple, sugar, vinegar, pork, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.