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Buffalo Chicken Fanatic Nachos

These Buffalo chicken nachos are crunchy and flavorful, topped with black beans and cheddar cheese, and drizzled with avocado ranch sauce. They just might turn you into a Buffalo chicken fanatic too.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Buffalo Chicken Fanatic Nachos

Why it works: Garlic and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,935 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Buffalo Chicken Fanatic Nachos

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

853Calories
53 gProtein
47 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla Chip1 medium flour (45g)140
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Buffalonot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Wheatnot 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. Garlic + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,935 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Beans + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Dill + beanstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  5. Buffalo + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: geraniol (rose, geranium).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, buffalo, sauce, garlic, beans, wheat, cheddar cheese):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, buffalo, sauce, garlic, beans, wheat, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.