Name: Takeout Burritos
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 8 burritos
Ingredients: 1/2 cup uncooked regular white rice; Juice of 1 medium lime; 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken; 1 (8 ounce) package Old El Paso® seasoned black beans; 1 (11 ounce) package Old El Paso® flour tortillas for burritos; 1 cup pico de gallo salsa; 1 cup shredded romaine lettuce (optional); 1/2 cup Mexican sour cream or sour cream

Why it works: Beans and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 500 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Takeout Burritos

8 burritos

Prep30 min

Ingredients

1/2 cup uncooked regular white rice
Juice of 1 medium lime
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken
1 (8 ounce) package Old El Paso® seasoned black beans
1 (11 ounce) package Old El Paso® flour tortillas for burritos
1 cup pico de gallo salsa
1 cup shredded romaine lettuce (optional)
1/2 cup Mexican sour cream or sour cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1219Calories

78 gProtein

10 gFat

200 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Romaine Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Burrito	not in our table	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.

Beans + lettucetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together500 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Lime + lettucetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together408 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Rice + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Lime + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the lettuce

The recipe marks lettuce as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, lime, chicken, beans, flour, cream):

Sweet potatofits better
Arrowrootfits better
Welsh onionfits better
Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, lime, chicken, beans, flour, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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