Name: Buffalo Chicken Quiche
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup Heavy Cream, Half-and-Half Or Whole Milk; 3 whole Large Eggs; 2 pinches Fine Sea Salt; 2 dashes Freshly Ground Black Pepper; 3 Tablespoons Frank's Hot Sauce; 1 whole Frozen 9" Traditional-size Pie Crust, Whole Wheat If Possible; ¾ cups Cooked Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast, Chopped; ¾ cups Fresh Blue Cheese, Crumbled

Why it works: Cream and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Buffalo Chicken Quiche

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

1 cup Heavy Cream, Half-and-Half Or Whole Milk
3 whole Large Eggs
2 pinches Fine Sea Salt
2 dashes Freshly Ground Black Pepper
3 Tablespoons Frank's Hot Sauce
1 whole Frozen 9" Traditional-size Pie Crust, Whole Wheat If Possible
¾ cups Cooked Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast, Chopped
¾ cups Fresh Blue Cheese, Crumbled

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

557Calories

52 gProtein

31 gFat

16 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Blue Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pie Crust	not in our table	0
Wheat	not in our table	0

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.

Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Wheat + chickentop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together296 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Chicken + blue cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together178 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Pepper + wheattop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Pepper + blue cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together370 recipes

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

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