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Hidden Valley Bacon and Cheddar Dip

"Mix together sour cream, Hidden Valley ® Dips Mix, cheddar cheese, and bacon and you have a tasty dip everyone will love."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Hidden Valley Bacon and Cheddar Dip

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and ranch work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 119 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Hidden Valley Bacon and Cheddar Dip

10 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

567Calories
35 gProtein
22 gFat
61 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Corn Chip1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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 + ranchtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together119 recipes

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

  2. Cheddar cheese + potatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together932 recipes

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

  3. Cream + cheddar cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cream + potatotop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Cream + ranchtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the potato

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

  1. Potatothe original
  2. Onionfits about as well
  3. Welsh onionfits less well
  4. Mustardfits less well

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