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Super Easy Cheese Dip

"This recipe came from my Aunt Sandy who would always make this tasty dip for family gatherings. It's really addictive! It's so good with raw veggies, crackers, and chips and best of all it's super easy."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Super Easy Cheese Dip

Why it works: Sauce and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Super Easy Cheese Dip

3 cups dip
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories
25 gProtein
10 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Processed Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Saucenot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot in our table0
Soupnot 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. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Cheese + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,655 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + oniontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,849 recipes

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

  4. Cream + oniontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Cheese + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Cream and onion barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,827 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the onion

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

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Onionthe original
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Horseradishfits about as well

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