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Sweet Potato Burrito Smothered in Avocado Salsa Verde

Burritos filled with roasted sweet potato and black beans, smothered in a simple but flavorful avocado salsa verde sauce. See notes for how to make these in advance.

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Sweet Potato Burrito Smothered in Avocado Salsa Verde

Why it works: Cumin and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Burrito Smothered in Avocado Salsa Verde

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1108Calories
47 gProtein
52 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 21 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Waternot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Cumin + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cumin + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together415 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Sweet potato + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cumin, pepper, wheat, beans, cheese, avocado):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cumin, pepper, wheat, beans, cheese, avocado. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.