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Chicken Fried Steak Cuban Style

"Delicious and tasty chicken fried steaks with a zesty Latin touch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chicken Fried Steak Cuban Style

Why it works: Oregano and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 983 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Chicken Fried Steak Cuban Style

4 steaks
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

683Calories
21 gProtein
21 gFat
103 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Oregano + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Oregano + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together784 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, bread, oregano, pepper, lemon):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, bread, oregano, pepper, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.