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Warm Chili Cheese Dip

"This is a warm, cheesy dip with chili con carne. Passed down from a coworker, it's the staple to any potluck or Sunday football game party."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Warm Chili Cheese Dip

Why it works: Cheese and cream 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 ↓

Warm Chili Cheese Dip

20 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories
9 gProtein
20 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 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
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Beannot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Cheese + cream cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Cheese + beanstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together741 recipes

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

  3. Beans + cream cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  4. Beans + saucetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the beans

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

  1. Walnutfits about as well
  2. Beansthe original
  3. Peanutfits about as well
  4. Pecansfits less well

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