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Barbecued Fajita Steak

If you have time the day before, marinate the meat overnight, then, when you're ready, light the barbie and get cooking...

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Barbecued Fajita Steak

Why it works: Lime and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 291 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Barbecued Fajita Steak

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1049Calories
44 gProtein
39 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Lime + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together291 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Clove + oreganotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together556 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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 (beef, flour, cream, lime, olive, garlic, oregano):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, flour, cream, lime, olive, garlic, oregano. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.