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Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Bubbling, cheesy chicken dip with a kick of hot sauce. Perfect for any Super Bowl party!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Hot 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 ↓

Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

712Calories
65 gProtein
40 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salad Dressingnot 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 + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  3. Blue cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

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

  4. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

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

  1. Celeryfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Pepperfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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