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Mindy's Pork Tacos

"Delicious pork roast shredded and mixed with onion, garlic, and cheese fried inside a tortilla shell until golden and crispy. A family favorite. Serve with salsa and shredded lettuce."

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Mindy's Pork Tacos

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mindy's Pork Tacos

12 tacos
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

664Calories
39 gProtein
40 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pork + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  4. Pork + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,069 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

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