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Tuna Noodle Casserole

The “new” tuna noodle casserole! This version is cheesy, creamy, sophisticated and satisfying!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Tuna Noodle Casserole

Why it works: Pasta and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 67 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Tuna Noodle Casserole

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1382Calories
61 gProtein
56 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 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
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Salmon100g cooked208
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
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.

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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. Pasta + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Sage + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Pasta + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, butter, shallot, mushroom, oregano, flour, cream cheese):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Sagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, butter, shallot, mushroom, oregano, flour, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.