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Fried Egg Breakfast Tacos

A quick, easy recipe for fried egg breakfast tacos with refried beans and cheddar cheese.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Fried Egg Breakfast Tacos

Why it works: Beans and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,211 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Fried Egg Breakfast Tacos

6 tacos
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

558Calories
34 gProtein
33 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

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

  2. Cheddar cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,032 recipes

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

  3. Beans + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together525 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Cheddar cheese + corntop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Beans + yogurttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together641 recipes

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

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