Name: Mexican Special
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 pounds FOR THE CASSEROLE:; 1 whole Ground Beef; 16 ounces, fluid Onion, Chopped; 2 cans Tomato Sauce; 20 ounces, fluid 16 Ounces Cans, Chili Beans In Sauce; 2 cans Of Enchilada Sauce, You Decide The Heat; 1 teaspoon 4 Ounce Cans, Chopped Green Chilies; 1 teaspoon Each, Salt And Pepper; 2 bags Garlic Powder

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 ↓

Mexican Special

Serves 12

Prep10 min

Cook6 hr

Ingredients

2 pounds FOR THE CASSEROLE:
1 whole Ground Beef
16 ounces, fluid Onion, Chopped
2 cans Tomato Sauce
20 ounces, fluid 16 Ounces Cans, Chili Beans In Sauce
2 cans Of Enchilada Sauce, You Decide The Heat
1 teaspoon 4 Ounce Cans, Chopped Green Chilies
1 teaspoon Each, Salt And Pepper
2 bags Garlic Powder

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

334Calories

29 gProtein

16 gFat

19 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Enchilada	not in our table	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,713 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Beans + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,935 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

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

Swap the beans

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

Beansthe original
Black-eyed peafits about as well
Chickpeafits about as well
Sesamefits less well

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

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