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Breakfast Burritos with Green Chili Sauce & Avocado Cream

A traditional breakfast burrito would probably include scrambled eggs, which I haven’t added to my recipe simply because I’m not a big fan of eggs! But add them if you like! Despite their name, I think these burritos would work just as well for lunch or dinner!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Breakfast Burritos with Green Chili Sauce & Avocado Cream

Why it works: Lime and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Breakfast Burritos with Green Chili Sauce & Avocado Cream

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1411Calories
40 gProtein
51 gFat
206 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Sweet potato + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Avocado + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together375 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, lime, avocado, olive, onion, beans, pepper):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, lime, avocado, olive, onion, beans, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.