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Chipotle Black Bean and Sweet Potato Empanada

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By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 22 ingredients
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Chipotle Black Bean and Sweet Potato Empanada

Why it works: Wheat and sweet potato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Chipotle Black Bean and Sweet Potato Empanada

12 pieces
Prep60 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1095Calories
33 gProtein
33 gFat
167 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 naturallyella. 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. Wheat + sweet potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Sweet potato + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  3. Flour + sweet potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together627 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sweet potato + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together960 recipes

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

  5. Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, wheat, butter, egg, apple cider vinegar, sweet potato, onion):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, wheat, butter, egg, apple cider vinegar, sweet potato, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.