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Philly Cheese Steak Pasta

Creamy cheesy pasta dish with steak, inspired by the famous sandwich.

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Philly Cheese Steak Pasta

Why it works: Garlic and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,079 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Philly Cheese Steak Pasta

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1508Calories
67 gProtein
61 gFat
171 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Toppingnot 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.

Explore the science

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. Garlic + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 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 garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, pasta, pepper, butter, flour, milk):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, pasta, pepper, butter, flour, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.