Name: Sweet Potato “Nachos”
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 whole Large Sweet Onion, Finely Diced; 1 Tablespoon Salted Butter; 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 2 whole Large Sweet Potatoes, Thinly Sliced; 15 ounces, weight Canned Black Beans, Rinsed And Drained; 3 teaspoons Taco Seasoning, Divided; 2 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Cut Into Small Pieces; ¼ cups Fresh Parsley, Finely Chopped; 1 cup Freshly Shredded White Cheddar

Why it works: Sweet potato and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Sweet Potato “Nachos”

Serves 10

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1 whole Large Sweet Onion, Finely Diced
1 Tablespoon Salted Butter
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 whole Large Sweet Potatoes, Thinly Sliced
15 ounces, weight Canned Black Beans, Rinsed And Drained
3 teaspoons Taco Seasoning, Divided
2 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Cut Into Small Pieces
¼ cups Fresh Parsley, Finely Chopped
1 cup Freshly Shredded White Cheddar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

819Calories

51 gProtein

39 gFat

68 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Taco	not in our table	0

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.

Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Sweet potato + parsleytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together180 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 parsley

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

Garlicfits better
Cuminfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleythe original

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

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