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Mexican Quinoa Salad with Honey-Lime Vinaigrette

A delicious and healthy salad full of spicy and sweet Mexican flavors! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo or anytime you get a craving for Mexican food.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Mexican Quinoa Salad with Honey-Lime Vinaigrette

Why it works: Quinoa and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Mexican Quinoa Salad with Honey-Lime Vinaigrette

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

873Calories
22 gProtein
34 gFat
131 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Saladnot 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.

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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. Quinoa + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Quinoa + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

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

  3. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Beans + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

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

  5. Quinoa + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, beans, corn, pepper, shallot, jalapeno, honey):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, beans, corn, pepper, shallot, jalapeno, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.