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Easy Chicken Enchiladas

"This chicken-stuffed dish requires a small amount of prep time for such fabulous family-favorite results!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Easy Chicken Enchiladas

Why it works: Cumin and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 983 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

12 enchiladas
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1180Calories
74 gProtein
33 gFat
143 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Enchiladanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Burritonot 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.

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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. Cumin + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cumin, garlic, oregano, cream, pepper, cheese):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cumin, garlic, oregano, cream, pepper, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.