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Slow Cooked Inside-Out Enchiladas

This is always a hit at potlucks!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Slow Cooked Inside-Out Enchiladas

Why it works: Beans and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Slow Cooked Inside-Out Enchiladas

Serves 10
Prep10 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1980Calories
133 gProtein
59 gFat
224 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soupnot in our table0
Meatnot 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. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

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

  3. Rice + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,017 recipes

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

  4. Rice + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheddar cheese, rice, corn, beans, pepper, cumin, meat):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, rice, corn, beans, pepper, cumin, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.