Name: Jalapeno Cucarachas
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Yield: 12 appetizers
Ingredients: 12 small jalapeno or habanero peppers; 6 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, cubed; 1 cup thinly sliced hard salami; wooden toothpicks

Jalapeno Cucarachas

"Spicy appetizers made from stuffed jalapeno or habanero peppers. Believe it or not, if cooked thoroughly, and if you remove the seeds, a person can even eat a whole habanero fixed this way. You might hop around a bit, but you'll survive, and the capsaicin rush is incredible!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients

Why it works: Cheese and salami work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 44 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Jalapeno Cucarachas

12 appetizers

Prep10 min

Cook7 min

Ingredients

12 small jalapeno or habanero peppers
6 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, cubed
1 cup thinly sliced hard salami
wooden toothpicks

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

127Calories

8 gProtein

10 gFat

3 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6

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.

Cheese + salamitop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together44 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Jalapeno + cheesetop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together440 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Jalapeno + salamitop 48% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3 recipes

Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, salami):

Oreganofits better
Basilfits better
Pepperfits better
Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, salami. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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