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Tortilla-Crusted Zucchini Fries with Spicy Red Pepper Dip

When snack time rolls around, break out Tortilla-Crusted Zucchini Fries with Spicy Red Pepper Dip. This tasty snack is easy to put together and delivers a little crunch and a little zing. These fries are actually baked, so they’re healthier than many other snack options. Score!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Tortilla-Crusted Zucchini Fries with Spicy Red Pepper Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 873 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Tortilla-Crusted Zucchini Fries with Spicy Red Pepper Dip

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

271Calories
21 gProtein
11 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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 + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together873 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Yogurt + oniontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,022 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Pepper + yogurttop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,425 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

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

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

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