Name: Chipotle Dip
Ingredients: 1 cup sour cream; ¼ cup mayonnaise; 4 chipotle chiles in adobo, stemmed; 1 pinch of salt; ¼ tsp freshly-ground black pepper; ¼ cup adobo sauce; Tortilla chips

Why it works: Cream and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chipotle Dip

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dip

Pulse everything except chips in a blender until smooth.

Serve

Serve with chips.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

332Calories

27 gProtein

10 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Tortilla Chip	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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 + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + peppertop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together21,449 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Pepper + saucetop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together15,303 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Cream and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 21,449 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

Sour cream: Provides a creamy, tangy base that gives the dip its body and moisture.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and richness, helping the dip stay smooth and creamy.
Chipotle chiles in adobo: Supply smoky heat and deep flavour that define the dip.
Adobo sauce: Carries vinegar, salt and smoky flavour, thinning the dip and adding tang.

“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.