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Creamy Potato Breakfast Casserole

"Easy to make ahead and bake in the morning for a delicious brunch! Feel free to add extra vegetables such as bell peppers, chopped tomato, fresh spinach, or asparagus to the mix! Bake immediately or refrigerate overnight and bake in the morning."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Creamy Potato Breakfast Casserole

Why it works: Cream cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 137 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Creamy Potato Breakfast Casserole

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

994Calories
76 gProtein
46 gFat
70 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
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. Cream cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

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

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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

  4. Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  5. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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 (potato, butter, chicken, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, cream, milk):

  1. Onionthe original
  2. Tomatofits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, chicken, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, cream, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.