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Vegan: Chilaquiles with Pepitas, Charred Corn, and Black Beans

By seriouseats · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Vegan: Chilaquiles with Pepitas, Charred Corn, and Black Beans

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Vegan: Chilaquiles with Pepitas, Charred Corn, and Black Beans

serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

745Calories
19 gProtein
41 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pepitanot 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 seriouseats. 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Beans + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together375 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Onion + avocadotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 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 pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, onion, pepper, corn, beans, avocado):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, onion, pepper, corn, beans, avocado. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.