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Thai Chicken Tacos with Spicy Peanut Drizzle

These Thai/Mexican tacos will blow your mind! They’re super quick and easy to boot.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Thai Chicken Tacos with Spicy Peanut Drizzle

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Thai Chicken Tacos with Spicy Peanut Drizzle

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories
47 gProtein
62 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Taconot 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Olive + coconuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, olive, coconut, milk, fish sauce, garlic):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, olive, coconut, milk, fish sauce, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.