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Skinny Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Dip

Warm, cheesy, green chile chicken enchilada dip has a fraction of the calories and fat compared to regular dip!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Skinny Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Skinny Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Dip

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

570Calories
63 gProtein
30 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Enchiladanot in our table0
Saucenot 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 + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together873 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Yogurt + cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Yogurt + cumintop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together975 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Cumin + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,937 recipes

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

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, yogurt, sauce, chicken, cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Dillfits about as well
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Cuminthe original

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