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Southwest Turkey Burgers with Chipotle Sauce

Southwestern-style turkey burgers with mayo-free chipotle sauce. These burgers are fresh, zesty and healthy!

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Southwest Turkey Burgers with Chipotle Sauce

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Southwest Turkey Burgers with Chipotle Sauce

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

913Calories
87 gProtein
36 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Yogurt + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (yogurt, sauce, pepper, lime, turkey, olive, clove):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, sauce, pepper, lime, turkey, olive, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.