Double Decker Tacos

Name: Double Decker Tacos
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12 tacos
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 (1 ounce) packet taco seasoning mix, divided; 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans; 2/3 cup water; 12 prepared crisp taco shells; 2 avocados; 1 tablespoon sour cream; 1 fresh lime, juiced; salt and black pepper to taste; 12 (7 inch) flour tortillas; 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese; 1 cup shredded lettuce; 1 large tomato, chopped; 1/4 red onion, chopped; 1/2 cup sour cream

"The best tacos! A soft shell taco is layered with refried beans, then wrapped around a hard shell taco, which is filled with seasoned ground beef and topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, sour cream and fresh guacamole. You can top it with whatever you like, but I recommend loading it up! Also, if you don't eat meat, put melted cheese on the soft shell, and the refried beans in the hard."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

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Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Double Decker Tacos

12 tacos

Prep30 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1386Calories

73 gProtein

52 gFat

159 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Taco	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Taco Shell	not in our table	0

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.

Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Beans + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together375 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beans + limetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

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