Chorizo Mexican Pizza

Name: Chorizo Mexican Pizza
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 18 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups FOR THE PIZZA DOUGH:; 2 teaspoons All-purpose Flour; ½ teaspoons Salt; 1 teaspoon Granulated Sugar; 1 cup Instant Yeast; 1 Tablespoon Lukewarm Water; 1 jar Olive Oil To Coat The Bowl; 1 Tablespoon FOR THE PIZZA:; ½ pounds (14 Ounce Jar) Pizza Sauce; ½ packages Taco Seasoning; 1 package Browned Ground Turkey Seasoned With Taco Seasoning, Salt And Pepper To Taste; 1 jar (14 Ounce Package) Chorizo, Browned; 2 Tablespoons (8 Ounce Package) Mexican Shredded Cheese; 2 Tablespoons (2.25 Ounce Jar) Sliced Black Olives, Drained

Friday pizza night will never be the same!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Olive and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30,263 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Chorizo Mexican Pizza

Serves 8

Prep2 hr

Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

911Calories

51 gProtein

28 gFat

110 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pizza	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Taco	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.

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.

Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,802 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,147 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together92,116 recipes

Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Turkey + cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together50 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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