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Chickpea, Spinach, Feta, and Pepita Tacos

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Chickpea, Spinach, Feta, and Pepita Tacos

Why it works: Chickpea and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Chickpea, Spinach, Feta, and Pepita Tacos

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

803Calories
24 gProtein
51 gFat
74 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pepitanot in our table0
Saucenot 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 epicurious. 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. Chickpea + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Garlic + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Shallot + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

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

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 (corn, olive, garlic, shallot, tomato, chickpea, spinach):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, olive, garlic, shallot, tomato, chickpea, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.