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Broccoli Cheese Casserole

"This recipe is a real hit with anyone, especially kids. They just love the combination of the broccoli, rice and cheese! The water chestnuts add a surprise crunch. Great for a buffet crowd. Buttered bread crumbs may be substituted for almonds as a topping."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Broccoli Cheese Casserole

Why it works: Broccoli and water chestnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Broccoli Cheese Casserole

8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

447Calories
18 gProtein
16 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Soupnot in our table0
Chestnutnot 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. Broccoli + water chestnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Water chestnut + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Broccoli + ricetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together684 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the water chestnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, cheese, sauce, cream, mushroom, rice, almond):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Water chestnutthe original
  4. Cherryfits less well

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