Name: Dairy-Free Chili Cheese Dip!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1-½ cup Cashews, Soaked In A Bowl Of Water For An Hour; 1 whole Orange Bell Pepper, Stem And Seeds Removed, Roughly Chopped; 1 cup Un-sweetened Non-dairy Milk (I Used Almond Milk); 2 teaspoons Chili Powder; ¼ cups Nutritional Yeast; ¼ cups Minced Onion; 2 Tablespoons Taco Seasoning; 2 cans (15 Oz. Size) Black Beans, Drained And Rinsed; 1 jar (15 Oz. Size) Salsa

Why it works: Almond and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 238 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Dairy-Free Chili Cheese Dip!

Serves 8

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1-½ cup Cashews, Soaked In A Bowl Of Water For An Hour
1 whole Orange Bell Pepper, Stem And Seeds Removed, Roughly Chopped
1 cup Un-sweetened Non-dairy Milk (I Used Almond Milk)
2 teaspoons Chili Powder
¼ cups Nutritional Yeast
¼ cups Minced Onion
2 Tablespoons Taco Seasoning
2 cans (15 Oz. Size) Black Beans, Drained And Rinsed
1 jar (15 Oz. Size) Salsa

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1010Calories

38 gProtein

26 gFat

159 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Cashew	1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)	157
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Orange Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Almond Milk	1 cup (240ml) unsweetened	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Water	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Taco	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.

Almond + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together238 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Orange + almondtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,125 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Pepper + beanstop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,733 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, pepper, milk, almond, beans):

Sweet potatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Beetrootfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, pepper, milk, almond, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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