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Baked Spicy Rice with Manchego Cheese and Cilantro

Argentinian spiced rice casserole is great for a different side dish. If you like rice and spice, then this one may be for you.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Baked Spicy Rice with Manchego Cheese and Cilantro

Why it works: Jalapeno and cumin work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 688 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Baked Spicy Rice with Manchego Cheese and Cilantro

Serves 4
Prep8 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

408Calories
15 gProtein
11 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Seednot in our table0
Manchegonot 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. Jalapeno + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

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

  3. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Manchego + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, pepper, onion, cumin, tomato, manchego, cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, pepper, onion, cumin, tomato, manchego, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.