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Chipotle Cheese Dip

A creamy dip made with soft cheese, cream cheese, evaporated milk, chipotle sauce, optional salsa, bacon, and sautéed tomato and onion.

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Why it works: Cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Chipotle Cheese Dip

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a blender.

  2. Gradually add milk little by little, and keep adding milk until smooth and silky; it depends on one's personal taste.

  3. Lastly add bacon pieces and serve with fried or baked corn tortillas.

  4. Serve with crackers (optional).

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

478Calories
22 gProtein
31 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Saucenot 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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.

  1. Cheese + cream cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Evaporated milk + saucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Cheese + tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,896 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Sauce + tomatotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Soft cheese
Melts into the base to give the dip its creamy body.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and a thick, smooth texture to the dip.
Evaporated milk
Thins the cheese mixture and makes it smooth and pourable.
Chipotle sauce
Adds smoky heat and depth of flavour.
Bacon pieces
Add salty, smoky fat and a crisp bite to the finished dip.

The step that matters

Adding the milk gradually. Adding milk a little at a time lets the cheese emulsify smoothly. Pouring it in all at once can leave the dip thin or lumpy, so it is hard to correct.

Swap the tomato

The recipe marks tomato as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, cream cheese, evaporated milk, sauce, onion):

  1. Mustardfits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, cream cheese, evaporated milk, sauce, onion. 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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