Smoked Salmon and Bagel Breakfast Casserole Recipe

Name: Smoked Salmon and Bagel Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Cook time: 10 h
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: Butter , for coating the baking dish; 8 ounces cold cream cheese; 1 pound “everything” bagels (about 4 to 5 bagels), cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives (from about 1 bunch); 8 large eggs; 3 1/2 cups whole milk; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 4 ounces sliced smoked salmon , cut into bite-sized pieces; 2 tablespoons capers , coarsely chopped; 2 tablespoons minced red onion

This easy breakfast recipe combines all the flavors of bagels and lox into a casserole with layers of bagel cubes, cream cheese, smoked salmon, and capers.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients

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Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Smoked Salmon and Bagel Breakfast Casserole Recipe

8 to 10 servings

Cook10 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

934Calories

47 gProtein

50 gFat

74 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Bagel	1 medium (89g)	245
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 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 chow. 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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Chive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,885 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Bagel + chivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together7 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Cream cheese + salmontop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together148 recipes

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

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