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Corn and Chiles in Rice

A casserole of corn, chiles, and rice baked with butter, onions, garlic, sour cream, and cheddar cheese.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Corn and Chiles in Rice

Oven350 degrees
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the corn mixture

  1. Melt butter in 1-1/2 to 2-quart saucepan.

  2. Add onion and garlic; cook until soft but not brown.

  3. Add corn and salt.

  4. Cook over medium-low heat 8 to 10 minutes, or until corn is tender.

  5. Remove from heat.

  6. Stir in sour cream and 1 cup cheese.

  7. Cool.

Make the rice

  1. Melt butter in 2- to 3-quart saucepan.

  2. Add rice and cook over moderate heat until golden, stirring often.

  3. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is soft but not brown.

  4. Add broth and cumin.

  5. Bring to a boil; stir once or twice.

  6. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.

  7. Salt to taste.

Assemble and bake

  1. Spread half of rice in shallow 2-quart casserole.

  2. Arrange chiles over rice.

  3. Spread corn mixture over chiles.

  4. Top with remaining rice.

  5. Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

  6. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese and bake, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

819Calories
64 gProtein
27 gFat
80 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Corn + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Sour cream
Adds moisture and tang, keeping the corn mixture creamy rather than dry.
Cheddar cheese
Melts into the filling and browns on top, adding richness and savory flavor.
Rice
Forms the starchy layers that give the casserole body and hold the filling together.
Corn
Provides sweetness and bulk in the creamy filling.
Poblano chiles
Add mild heat and a fresh, vegetal flavor to the layers.
Chicken broth
Cooks the rice, adding savory flavor as it is absorbed.

The step that matters

Cool the corn mixture before assembling. Stirring sour cream into a hot mixture can cause it to curdle or separate. Cooling it first keeps the dairy smooth and creamy in the baked casserole.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, garlic, corn, cream, cheddar cheese, rice):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, garlic, corn, cream, cheddar cheese, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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