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Lisa's Favorite Carne Asada Marinade

"I've tried many marinade recipes for carne asada and this is our family favorite!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Lisa's Favorite Carne Asada Marinade

Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lisa's Favorite Carne Asada Marinade

1 1/2 cups marinade
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

495Calories
30 gProtein
30 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1

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. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  3. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

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 (lemon, lime, clove, garlic, sauce, pepper, cumin):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits about as well
  3. Orangethe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

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