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Bacon-Wrapped Garlic Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

These stuffed peppers are a little bit labour-intensive but completely worth it. They have it all: crunchiness, cheesiness, and spice. They would make the perfect starter to a New Year’s Eve party.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Bacon-Wrapped Garlic Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Why it works: Pepper and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,090 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Bacon-Wrapped Garlic Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

325Calories
36 gProtein
17 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + turkeytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Garlic + cream cheesetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + turkeytop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + cream cheesetop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,195 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

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

  1. Sagefits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

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