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Spicy Beef and Kimchi Tacos

Slow cooked beef short ribs with kimchi and sport peppers yield some amazing game day tacos.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Spicy Beef and Kimchi Tacos

Why it works: Flour and jalapeno match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 561 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Spicy Beef and Kimchi Tacos

Serves 10
Prep5 min
Cook8 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

866Calories
43 gProtein
20 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Waternot in our table0
Kimchinot 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. Flour + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Jalapeno + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, flour, jalapeno):

  1. Okrafits about as well
  2. Shallotthe original
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Chivefits about as well

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