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Easy Cheese Grits for Fish & Grits Recipe

This is a healthy interpretation of a Southern classic, fish and grits that I did for TheKitchenHotline.com. I'll post the healthy fried fish (pictured) under...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheese and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,861 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Easy Cheese Grits for Fish & Grits Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

155Calories
8 gProtein
8 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 chow. 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. Cheese + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,861 recipes

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

  2. Evaporated milk + cheesetop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Evaporated milk + peppertop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together234 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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