Name: Migas with Chorizo, Peppers, and Fried Eggs Recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: Extra-virgin olive oil, for frying; 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch julienne; 2 Anaheim chiles, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch julienne; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 3 medium yellow onions, diced; 4 teaspoons finely chopped garlic; 5 ounces chorizo, cut into 1/4-inch cubes (about 1 1/2 5-inch links); 1 tablespoon; 3 cups breadcrumbs from a day-old sweet baguette; Salt and freshly ground pepper; Extra-virgin olive oil, for frying; 6 large eggs

Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, garlic, egg):

Spinachfits better
Capsicumfits better
Eggplantfits better
Onionthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Migas with Chorizo, Peppers, and Fried Eggs Recipe