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Quinoa Burger, Cassava Chips and Ocopa Dip

A vegetarian burger feast, using a blend of special ingredients from Peru. Martin Morales says he's worked long and hard to make this burger as delicious as the meat alternative.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 42 ingredients
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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 ↓

Quinoa Burger, Cassava Chips and Ocopa Dip

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1540Calories
56 gProtein
64 gFat
192 gCarbs

Counts 21 of 27 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 21 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Kiwi1 medium (69g)42
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cassavanot in our table0
Papayanot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Poppy Seednot 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 bbcfood. 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. Quinoa + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + cassavatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + quinoatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cassava

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, flour, quinoa, cheese, cumin, egg):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Cassavathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, flour, quinoa, cheese, cumin, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.