Name: SuperSonic Breakfast Burrito
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 50 whole Frozen Tater Tots; 8 whole Flour Tortillas, Fajita Size; 1-1/2 cup Grated Cheddar Cheese; 8 whole Eggs, Beaten; 2 Tablespoons Half-and-half; 1 pound Breakfast Sausage; Salt And Pepper, to taste; 1 whole Medium Onion, Chopped; 1/2 cup Jarred Jalapeno Slices; 3 whole Roma Tomatoes, Sliced; Salsa, On The Side; 1 Tablespoon Butter

Why it works: Flour and jalapeno match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 561 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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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.

Flour + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together561 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,436 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Jalapeno + tomatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,291 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cheddar cheese, egg, pepper, jalapeno, tomato, butter):

Chivefits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

SuperSonic Breakfast Burrito