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Potluck Bagels

"Combine ham, cream of chicken soup, cheese, green onions and mayonnaise. Spread on mini-bagels and heat. Easy to prepare, always been a hit at potlucks. Can serve cold or make vegetarian by leaving out the ham and using a vegetarian cream soup."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheddar cheese and bagel work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 12 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

24 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and arrange the split mini bagel halves cut side up on baking sheets.

  2. In a bowl, stir together the condensed cream of chicken soup, shredded Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, chopped green onions, and chopped ham until evenly combined.

  3. Spread the mixture generously over the cut side of each bagel half, going all the way to the edges.

  4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the topping is bubbling hot throughout and the cheese is melted and lightly golden.

  5. Let the bagels cool for 2 minutes, then serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cheddar cheese + bageltop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Cheddar cheese + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,669 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + hamtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, chicken, cheddar cheese, ham, bagel):

  1. Onionthe original
  2. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, chicken, cheddar cheese, ham, bagel. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).