16 flavors that taste great with pork
..and 5 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes pork better. On average, recipes with pork received a 4.41⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with cucumber. And sometimes worse. Like with bay leaf.
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
Improves
High potential
Unfavorable to
Worse all around
Common combinations
- black pepper
- garlic
- salt
- soy sauce
- green onions
- egg
- ginger
- vegetable oil
- sugar
- red chili flakes
- carrots
- butter
- cornflour
- oil
- cilantro
- flat leaf parsley
- tomato
- white peppers
- chicken broth
- all purpose flour
- oregano
- parmesan
- basil
- shallots
- thyme
- tomato paste
- cumin
- worcestershire sauce
- milk
- mustard
- yellow onion
- chicken stock
- chili powder
- beans
- white wine
- peanut oil
- tomato sauce
- shaoxing chinese wine
- green bell peppers
- canola oil
- lemon juice
- lime juice
- vinegar
- cayenne
- rice vinegar
- oyster sauce
- paprika
- fish sauce
- crumbs
- nutmeg
- mushrooms
- white rice
- sea salt
- flour
- hot sauce
- jalapeño peppers
- wonton wrappers
- cabbage
- tamari
- rice
- cinnamon
- baby spinach
- red chili peppers
- shiitake mushrooms
- mozzarella cheese
- tofu
- hoisin sauce
- sour cream
- monterey jack cheese
- bell peppers
- ricotta cheese
- peanuts
- sage
- fennel seeds
- beef broth
- white vinegar
- serrano chili
- dark soy sauce
- lettuce
- cheddar cheese
- red wine
- five spice powder
- chicken
- rice wine
- sweet potatoes
- chili
- broccoli
Explore the stand out connections in the visual explorer 👉
Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.
Here are some great recipes we found with pork:
Pastrami Hash With Confit Potatoes, Parsley and Shallots
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Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10
Fresh Rice Noodles With Shredded Chicken (Gai See Guen)
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Review: 4.41/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.6/10
