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Meatless Loaded Nachos!

Fresh veggies and protein-packed beans make this a healthy alternative to typical nachos. Super-easy and super-scrumptious!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Meatless Loaded Nachos!

Why it works: Cumin and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,853 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Meatless Loaded Nachos!

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories
16 gProtein
8 gFat
68 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tortilla Chip1 medium flour (45g)140
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Olive1 large (4g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Nachosnot 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 + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cumin + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 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 kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (walnut, cumin, pepper, olive, onion):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against walnut, cumin, pepper, olive, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.