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Vegetarian Blue Corn Nachos with Homemade Guacamole

Irresistible nachos made with blue corn chips, cheddar and feta cheese, and a colorful assortment of vegetables (roasted red peppers, jalapeños and red onion). Amounts given below are approximate; you can eyeball everything here.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Vegetarian Blue Corn Nachos with Homemade Guacamole

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Vegetarian Blue Corn Nachos with Homemade Guacamole

2 to 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

768Calories
30 gProtein
52 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Corn Chip1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot 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. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Cheese + feta cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, cheese, feta cheese, onion, pepper, avocado, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

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