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Grilled Chicken Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Marinated grilled chicken tacos with pineapple salsa combines sweet and spicy to make a perfectly, easy summer dinner option.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 23 ingredients
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Grilled Chicken Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Grilled Chicken Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1465Calories
58 gProtein
46 gFat
215 gCarbs

Counts 20 of 22 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 20 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot 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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  4. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,615 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, lime, sauce, olive, honey, sugar, coriander):

  1. Gingerfits about as well
  2. Cuminthe original
  3. Cardamomfits about as well
  4. Garlicfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, lime, sauce, olive, honey, sugar, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.