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Mexican Sweet Potato Hash with Black Beans and Spinach

Mexican Sweet Potato Hash with Black Beans and Spinach.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Mexican Sweet Potato Hash with Black Beans and Spinach

Why it works: Cumin and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mexican Sweet Potato Hash with Black Beans and Spinach

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

513Calories
20 gProtein
21 gFat
66 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Cumin + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Beans + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Cumin + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (olive, sweet potato, beans, cumin, spinach, lime, egg):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Shallotthe original

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