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Southwest Style Creamy Corn Chowder

"Yummy! You will want to try this recipe any time of the year. My husband loves it. Its flavor is mouth watering good. I made this with fresh corn off the cob. Use large sour dough rolls to make a bowl for this."

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Southwest Style Creamy Corn Chowder

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Southwest Style Creamy Corn Chowder

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook3 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

711Calories
54 gProtein
35 gFat
47 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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 + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Corn + celerytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together920 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Celery + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,321 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Cheese + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, corn, cream cheese, cheese, milk, chicken, garlic):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, corn, cream cheese, cheese, milk, chicken, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.