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Quick and Easy Taco Dip

"This is a quick and easy taco dip that everyone is sure to love!! Better make a double batch, because this will go quickly! Increase the amount of salsa as desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Quick and Easy Taco Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar 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 ↓

Quick and Easy Taco Dip

2.5 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

234Calories
10 gProtein
19 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Taconot 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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

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