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Five-Star Buffalo Chicken Dip

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Five-Star Buffalo Chicken Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Five-Star Buffalo Chicken Dip

5 cups
Prep5 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

917Calories
54 gProtein
32 gFat
100 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
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 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 + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Ranch + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Cream cheese + ranchtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cream cheese, ranch, pepper, sauce, cheddar cheese):

  1. Garlicfits about as well
  2. Celerythe original
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Jalapenofits less well

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