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Yummy Chicken Burritos

"I used to beg my mom for these; now I make them for my son. Serve with beans, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, salsa, and cheese."

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Yummy Chicken Burritos

Why it works: Jalapeno and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 561 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Yummy Chicken Burritos

15 servings
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr 40 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Jalapeno + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,923 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,633 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,031 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, tomato, pepper, onion, canola oil, flour):

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato, pepper, onion, canola oil, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).