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Hermano Roberto's Simple Salsa

"This is a simple salsa recipe I learned from my brother-in-law who worked at an authentic Mexican restaurant. Boiling the jalapeno peppers is the magic to the recipe. This is great with tortilla chips, tacos, or other Mexican recipes."

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Hermano Roberto's Simple Salsa

Why it works: Garlic and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Hermano Roberto's Simple Salsa

4 cups
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

47Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
10 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  2. Jalapeno + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Jalapeno + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (jalapeno, tomato, garlic, cumin, pepper):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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