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Vegetarian Jamaican Jerk Burrito

"Tofu, cheese, rice, black beans, pineapple, jicama, and a Jamaican jerk sauce in a flour tortilla, topped with hot salsa and sour cream."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Vegetarian Jamaican Jerk Burrito

Why it works: Lime and jicama share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 80 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Vegetarian Jamaican Jerk Burrito

8 burritos
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1375Calories
64 gProtein
21 gFat
236 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Tofu100g firm76
Jicama1 cup (120g)46
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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.

  1. Lime + jicamatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Garlic + jicamatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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 (lime, clove, garlic, pepper, tofu, jicama, rice):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, clove, garlic, pepper, tofu, jicama, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.