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Sweet Potato Breakfast Taquitos

A delicious twist for breakfast!

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sweet Potato Breakfast Taquitos

Why it works: Olive and sweet potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 950 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Breakfast Taquitos

1-2
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

819Calories
31 gProtein
40 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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. Olive + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

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

  2. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + jalapenotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together53 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. Cheddar cheese + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sweet potato, onion, pepper, cheddar cheese, egg, milk):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sweet potato, onion, pepper, cheddar cheese, egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.