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Tacos Al Pastor

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Tacos Al Pastor

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 ↓

Tacos Al Pastor

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
34 gProtein
19 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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.

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.

  1. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  3. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Cumin + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Cumin + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, cumin, vinegar, pork, corn, onion):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, cumin, vinegar, pork, corn, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.