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Pan-Fried Tilapia Tacos Recipe

Fish tacos made with pan-fried tilapia and topped with pineapple salsa.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pan-Fried Tilapia Tacos Recipe

Why it works: Lime and pepper 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 ↓

Pan-Fried Tilapia Tacos Recipe

8 tacos
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1065Calories
45 gProtein
33 gFat
151 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 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
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Tilapia100g cooked128
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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 chow. 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Lime + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pepper + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

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

  5. Pineapple + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together533 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, pepper, flour, butter, corn):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, pepper, flour, butter, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.