Name: Cream Cheese and Chili Sauce for Sandwiches
Ingredients: 2 slices bacon cooked crisp; 3 ounce package cream cheese softened; 1½ tablespoons chili sauce; 1 tablespoon butter; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Why it works: Cream cheese and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,747 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Cream Cheese and Chili Sauce for Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Crumble bacon finely.
Add chili sauce to softened cream cheese.
Add butter, bacon, salt and Tabasco and blend well.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

252Calories

5 gProtein

25 gFat

3 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

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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.

Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together15,338 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream cheese + saucetop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together461 recipes

Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

Sauce and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese: Provides a smooth, creamy base that carries the other flavors.
Butter: Adds richness and a silky texture to the sauce.
Bacon: Contributes savory, smoky flavor and a little crisp texture.
Chili sauce: Supplies sweet-tangy heat and acidity that flavor the sauce.

“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.