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Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas

The perfect dish for sitting down and watching the big game—because who wants to decide between hot wings and Mexican?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 271 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas

Serves 2
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

661Calories
56 gProtein
31 gFat
38 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Enchiladanot 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. Cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

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

  2. Mozzarella cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together51 recipes

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

  4. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

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 (cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, sauce, chicken, onion, blue cheese, wheat):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celerythe original
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Basilfits about as well

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