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Baked Chipotle Butternut Squash Chips with Cilantro and Queso Fresco

Sweet butternut squash gets a kick from chipotle seasoning, cilantro and queso fresco. These chips can totally hold their own against traditional potato chips, and they’re so easy to make!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Baked Chipotle Butternut Squash Chips with Cilantro and Queso Fresco

Why it works: Butternut squash and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 689 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Baked Chipotle Butternut Squash Chips with Cilantro and Queso Fresco

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

241Calories
7 gProtein
23 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Butternut squash + cheesetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the butternut squash

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Butternut squashthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.