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Creamy Crab Dip

A warm and cheesy dip loaded with crab and peppers. Perfect game day appetizer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Creamy Crab Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 311 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Creamy Crab Dip

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

910Calories
52 gProtein
25 gFat
119 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Seednot in our table0
Meatnot 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. Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

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

  2. Shallot + jalapenotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Crab + meattop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Shallot + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 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 jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, pepper, cream cheese, crab, meat, onion, parmesan cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, pepper, cream cheese, crab, meat, onion, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.