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Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Game-day nachos topped with saucy Buffalo popcorn chicken, bacon and four cheeses to make unbeatable Buffalo Chicken Nachos.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Why it works: Cream cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Serves 8
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

660Calories
52 gProtein
38 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla Chip1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Saucenot in our table0
Popcornnot 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 + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Chicken + blue cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together178 recipes

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

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