Name: Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Verde
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream; 1 cup tomatillo salsa; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoons oil; 3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts; 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained; 1 1/2 cups KRAFT Mexican Style Shredded Four Cheese with a Touch of PHILADELPHIA; 8 (6 inch) flour tortillas

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Verde

4 servings

Prep15 min

Ingredients

1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
1 cup tomatillo salsa
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons oil
3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
1 1/2 cups KRAFT Mexican Style Shredded Four Cheese with a Touch of PHILADELPHIA
8 (6 inch) flour tortillas

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1162Calories

74 gProtein

32 gFat

141 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + clovetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together16,901 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, onion, garlic, chicken, cheese, flour):

Cuminfits better
Jalapenofits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

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

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