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Mango, Avocado & Nopales

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Mango, Avocado & Nopales

Why it works: Lime and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Mango, Avocado & Nopales

Serves 4
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
7 gProtein
37 gFat
58 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 tastykitchen. 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. Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  3. Lime + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

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

  5. Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, olive, pepper, mango, avocado, nopal, tomato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, olive, pepper, mango, avocado, nopal, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.