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Honey BBQ Chicken Cheddar Burritos with Mayo Free Slaw

Who doesn’t love a quick weeknight meal that uses up left over chicken and can be made within 10 minutes? No one should say no to that kind of recipe, right? Homemade BBQ sauce is super delish in this recipe, then topped and melted with sharp cheddar cheese, it becomes outstanding!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Honey BBQ Chicken Cheddar Burritos with Mayo Free Slaw

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Honey BBQ Chicken Cheddar Burritos with Mayo Free Slaw

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
39 gProtein
27 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Burritonot in our table0

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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, cheddar cheese, apple cider vinegar, olive, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Grapefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, cheddar cheese, apple cider vinegar, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.