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Lentil-Nut Tacos with Creamy Cashew-Avocado Sour Cream

These meat-free tacos are so tasty, and the lentil-nut mix is a perfect filling for not only tacos, but also burritos, nachos, taco salads, rice bowls, you name it! I usually end up eating it in a bowl with some tortilla chips and green pepper Tabasco sauce. There are just so many options for this meal, and it’s so easy, which is a huge plus!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Lentil-Nut Tacos with Creamy Cashew-Avocado Sour Cream

Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lentil-Nut Tacos with Creamy Cashew-Avocado Sour Cream

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

948Calories
26 gProtein
71 gFat
65 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
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Waternot 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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Lentils + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coriander + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,094 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sunflower + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Walnut + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 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 walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lentils, sunflower, olive, cumin, coriander, cream, avocado):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lentils, sunflower, olive, cumin, coriander, cream, avocado. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.