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Mexican-style Creamed Corn

A Mexican-style creamed corn side dish with peppers, celery, and cream cheese.

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Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mexican-style Creamed Corn

Timeabout 5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the vegetables

  1. In a medium saucepan combine corn, green pepper, red pepper, celery, and ½ cup water.

  2. Cook about 5 minutes or until corn is tender. Drain.

Finish the creamed corn

  1. Stir in cream cheese, chili peppers, milk, ¼ teaspoon salt, and dash pepper. Heat through.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories
14 gProtein
20 gFat
41 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Corn + celerytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together920 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Corn + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  4. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

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

  5. Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,393 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen whole kernel corn
Provides the main body and sweetness of the dish.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and a creamy texture that coats the corn.
Green chili peppers
Contributes heat and a sharp, savory aroma.

Swap the celery

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

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Basilfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, pepper, cream cheese, milk. 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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