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Herdez® Creamy Pasilla Enchiladas

"This is a cheesy chicken enchilada with a flavorful spicy kick! It's great served with Mexican rice on the side, and it's kid approved. For variations, you can use black beans instead of corn, or add some tomatoes and diced jalapenos to the chicken mixture."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Herdez® Creamy Pasilla Enchiladas

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Herdez® Creamy Pasilla Enchiladas

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1249Calories
78 gProtein
35 gFat
155 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Olive1 large (4g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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. Cheddar cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  3. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chicken + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,666 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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 (sauce, chicken, corn, flour, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, cream):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

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