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Chipotle Chicken & Sweet Potato Tamale Pie

All of the authentic tamale flavors without all of the authentic tamale-making work.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Chipotle Chicken & Sweet Potato Tamale Pie

Why it works: Cumin and sweet potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 232 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Chipotle Chicken & Sweet Potato Tamale Pie

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

995Calories
52 gProtein
20 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 14 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Tamalenot in our table0
Pienot in our table0
Enchiladanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Cumin + sweet potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Corn + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Corn + sweet potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Flour + sweet potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together627 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (corn, flour, cumin, chicken, sauce, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, flour, cumin, chicken, sauce, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.