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Southwest Pizza

A quick and easy Southwest-inspired pizza.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Southwest Pizza

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Southwest Pizza

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
44 gProtein
23 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Seednot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Ranch + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Jalapeno + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  5. Corn + jalapenotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together494 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ranch, cheddar cheese, corn, onion, pepper, chicken, chive):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ranch, cheddar cheese, corn, onion, pepper, chicken, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.