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Nacho Mamas Bean Dip

"This is a great way to get your kids to eat beans and you will love it as well! You can add extra onions and canned or fresh jalapeno peppers to taste, but my kids love it this way!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Nacho Mamas Bean Dip

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 ↓

Nacho Mamas Bean Dip

4 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

576Calories
24 gProtein
32 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pinto Bean1/2 cup (86g) canned122
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Corn Chip1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Beannot 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. Cheddar cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Cheddar cheese + ranchtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  5. Beans + jalapenotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together459 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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 (cheddar cheese, onion, cream cheese, ranch, beans, pepper, corn):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, onion, cream cheese, ranch, beans, pepper, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.