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Beef and Cheddar Soft Tacos

"It couldn't be easier to make these delicious beef tacos that get great flavor from cheddar cheese soup and salsa."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Beef and Cheddar Soft Tacos

Why it works: Flour and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,236 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Beef and Cheddar Soft Tacos

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

985Calories
51 gProtein
29 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Soupnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Flour + lettucetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,236 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Beef + cheddar cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together951 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + flourtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Beef + lettucetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together662 recipes

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

  5. Cheddar cheese + lettucetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together296 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 lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, cheddar cheese, flour):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Onionfits better
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, cheddar cheese, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.