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Grandma's Creamy Ham Casserole

"One of my kid's favorite casseroles. Best recipe the day after a big ham supper!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Grandma's Creamy Ham Casserole

Why it works: Chicken and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Grandma's Creamy Ham Casserole

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1003Calories
85 gProtein
46 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Processed Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soupnot in our table0

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. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Evaporated milk + potato chiptop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Evaporated milk + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Ham + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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 (egg, ham, evaporated milk, cream, chicken, cheese, potato chip):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Onionthe original
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Potatofits about as well

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