Name: Baked Chicken Empanadas Recipe
Yield: 8 empanadas
Ingredients: 2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked in your preferred method and shredded; 1 16 oz can refried black beans; 1 8 oz bag of shredded cheese, preferably a Mexican Mix variety; 1/2 of a small onion, finely chopped; 1/2 of a bell pepper, finely chopped, your choice of color; 4 premade pie crusts; 1 cup of frozen corn; salt and pepper to taste; red pepper flakes to taste

Why it works: Beans and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,211 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Baked Chicken Empanadas Recipe

8 empanadas

Ingredients

2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked in your preferred method and shredded
1 16 oz can refried black beans
1 8 oz bag of shredded cheese, preferably a Mexican Mix variety
1/2 of a small onion, finely chopped
1/2 of a bell pepper, finely chopped, your choice of color
4 premade pie crusts
1 cup of frozen corn
salt and pepper to taste
red pepper flakes to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

558Calories

51 gProtein

15 gFat

56 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pie Crust	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,211 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + corntop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,324 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Beans + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,733 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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, beans, cheese, pepper, corn):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

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

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