Why it works: Sweet potato and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Steak and Sweet Potato Tostadas
Serves 8Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Corn Tortilla | 1 medium flour (45g) | 140 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Black Bean | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 114 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Cilantro | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Tostada | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | 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.
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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.
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Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together165 recipes
Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
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Avocado + beanstop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together375 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,211 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Olive + avocadotop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,449 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Sweet potato + avocadotop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together40 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the sweet potato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, avocado, corn, canola oil, beans, pepper, sauce):
- Tomatofits better
- Capsicumfits better
- Welsh onionfits about as well
- Sweet potatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against olive, avocado, corn, canola oil, beans, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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