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Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip

(12 servings (1/2 cup dip per s)
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

749Calories
72 gProtein
41 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buffalonot in our table0
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.

By backtoherroots. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cream cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Cheese + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

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

  4. Blue cheese + buffalotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Chicken + buffalotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, cream cheese, blue cheese, yogurt, chicken, buffalo, sauce):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Pepperfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, cream cheese, blue cheese, yogurt, chicken, buffalo, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.