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Philly Cheese Steak Wraps

If you are a fan of the Philly cheese steak sandwich, you might like this version, all wrapped up and picnic-friendly. I used deli roast beef but you could always substitute some leftover steak (is there such a thing?) that has been sliced thinly.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Philly Cheese Steak Wraps

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Philly Cheese Steak Wraps

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

580Calories
41 gProtein
27 gFat
43 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, onion, beef, mushroom):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Celeryfits less well
  4. Marjoramfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, beef, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.