Name: Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened; ½ cups Plain Greek Yogurt; ¾ cups Frank's Red Hot Sauce; ¼ cups Blue Cheese Dressing; ½ cups Blue Cheese Crumbles; 2 whole Chicken Breasts, Shredded

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 ↓

Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip

Serves 6

Prep15 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened
½ cups Plain Greek Yogurt
¾ cups Frank's Red Hot Sauce
¼ cups Blue Cheese Dressing
½ cups Blue Cheese Crumbles
2 whole Chicken Breasts, Shredded

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

472Calories

56 gProtein

23 gFat

10 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Blue Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8

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 cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together70 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cream cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together873 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Yogurt + blue cheesetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together100 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Blue cheese + chickentop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together178 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Yogurt + chickentop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,661 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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