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Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole

"This melt in your mouth casserole is a great comfort dish. The white wine and mustard lend just enough flavor to perk up the cheddar cheese sauce. Serve with a light salad and crusty bread."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1453Calories
79 gProtein
53 gFat
155 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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. Cheddar cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Pasta + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, butter, flour, milk, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, white wine):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, butter, flour, milk, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.