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Charred Corn Tacos with Zucchini-radish Slaw

I would not say that previous to the last year, we were taco people. I can think of several carnitas that have brought me nearly to tears (and definitely to tears when they stopped delivering) and we’ve been doing an for years. But at some point in the last six months, I got bit with the taco bug bad and now I can hardly think of anything else to eat. Saturday afternoon and the toddler is napping and suddenly we’re hungry? Black bean tacos! Nothing but a couple zucchini in the produce drawer? Roasted zucchini tacos for dinner! I’m about thisclose to becoming the sort of person who . The taco has become the answer to all questions.

By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Radish and corn work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

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By smittenkitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Radish + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Lime + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lime + epazotetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the epazote

The recipe marks epazote as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (radish, lime, corn, butter, olive, onion, garlic):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  4. Epazotethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against radish, lime, corn, butter, olive, onion, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).