Name: Campbell's Kitchen Easy Beef Enchiladas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix or burrito seasoning mix; 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 cup cooked regular long-grain white rice (optional); 12 flour tortillas (10-inch), warmed; 1 1/2 cups prepared enchilada sauce; shredded Cheddar cheese

Why it works: Beans and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,017 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Campbell's Kitchen Easy Beef Enchiladas

6 servings

Prep20 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix or burrito seasoning mix
1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup cooked regular long-grain white rice (optional)
12 flour tortillas (10-inch), warmed
1 1/2 cups prepared enchilada sauce
shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1208Calories

55 gProtein

30 gFat

174 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 12 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Taco	not in our table	0
Burrito	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Enchilada	not in our table	0
Sauce	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.

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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 + ricetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,433 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Beef + ricetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,265 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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 (beef, beans, cheddar cheese, rice, flour, sauce):

Welsh onionfits better
Chivefits better
Tomatofits better
Onionthe original

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

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