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Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

Sweet and zesty echiladas stuffed with a cheesy refried bean mixture and a honey lime chicken mixture covered in melted cheese. Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

Why it works: Olive and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,470 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

Serves 10
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1259Calories
60 gProtein
35 gFat
176 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 15 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Meatnot in our table0
Enchiladanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Waternot 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 + beanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Lime + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Olive + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, chicken, meat, honey, sauce, beans):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Grapefits about as well
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, chicken, meat, honey, sauce, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.