Name: Spicy Chicken Flautas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 whole Chicken Breasts (bone In And Skin On); 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil, Divided; ¾ Tablespoons Garlic Salt, Divided; ¾ teaspoons Ground Cumin, Divided; ¾ teaspoons Cayenne Pepper, Divided; 1-½ teaspoon Onion Powder, Divided; ½ teaspoons Black Pepper, Divided; 1-½ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided; 1 cup Diced White Onion; 1 whole Jalapeno Pepper, Minced; 1 whole Serrano Pepper, Minced*; 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic; ¼ cups Chopped Cilantro; 2 stalks Scallions, Chopped; 1 Tablespoon Lime Juice; 1-¼ cup Shredded Cheese (blend Of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Etc.); 12 whole Vegetable Oil

Why it works: Cumin and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Cumin + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,216 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cumin + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together688 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,035 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, garlic, cumin, pepper, onion, lime):

Corianderfits better
Oreganofits better
Turmericfits better
Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, garlic, cumin, pepper, onion, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Spicy Chicken Flautas