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Bacon and Chile Queso Fundido

"This version of the classic Spanish melted cheese dish is flavored with bacon and chopped poblano chiles. Serve with chips or tortillas."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Bacon and Chile Queso Fundido

Why it works: Cream cheese and 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 ↓

Bacon and Chile Queso Fundido

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

267Calories
12 gProtein
23 gFat
4 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Quesadillanot 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 allrecipes. 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 + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,738 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + cream cheesetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + cheesetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together680 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, cream cheese, cheese):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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