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Three Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

This dip is way easy to throw together and let’s face it; nothing says Fourth of July weekend more than Buffalo chicken (with lots of cheese). I use shredded cheese in this recipe; I just used the block cheese letters on top to write ‘Merica on the face of the dip. If you do not want to turn on the oven, you can just heat this dip in the microwave. But the cheese layer on top tastes better when melted in the oven.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Three Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Three Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

583Calories
63 gProtein
32 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Buffalonot 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. Cream cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  3. Blue cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together51 recipes

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

  4. Blue cheese + buffalotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + buffalotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the celery

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celerythe original
  3. Pepperfits less well
  4. Jalapenofits less well

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