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Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Cashew Cream

Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Cashew Cream. The perfect meatless taco. A must-have for Taco Tuesday!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Cashew Cream

Why it works: Garlic and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Cashew Cream

Serves 10
Prep1 hr 15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1274Calories
36 gProtein
58 gFat
160 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Taconot 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. Garlic + cauliflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + cauliflowertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Cauliflower + corntop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, flour, egg, bread, pepper, cauliflower, corn):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

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