Name: Mexican-style Creamed Corn
Ingredients: 10 oz pkg frozen whole kernel corn; 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper; 1/4 cup cream cheese (reduced cal.); 1 tbsp skim milk; 1/4 cup chopped green pepper; 1/4 cup chopped celery; 1/4 cup diced green chili peppers

Why it works: Corn and cream cheese work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 172 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Timeabout 5 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

10 oz pkg frozen whole kernel corn
1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/4 cup cream cheese (reduced cal.)
1 tbsp skim milk
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup diced green chili peppers

Directions

Cook the vegetables

In a medium saucepan combine corn, green pepper, red pepper, celery, and ½ cup water.
Cook about 5 minutes or until corn is tender. Drain.

Finish the creamed corn

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

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Corn + cream cheesetop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together172 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Pepper + celerytop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together16,001 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Corn + milktop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together6,953 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
Corn + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together920 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Cream cheese + milktop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,395 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.

Flavor stand-ins for the celery

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

Dillabout as good a flavor fit
Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
Basilabout as good a flavor fit
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. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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.