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Clemons Family Bean Dip

"This is a seriously cheesy and beefy bean dip! Grab a bag of your favorite tortilla chips and start dipping. Every time I make this recipe everyone waits to see who will take home the leftovers. It is even better the second day."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Clemons Family Bean Dip

Why it works: Beans and jalapeno work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 459 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Clemons Family Bean Dip

8 cups
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

486Calories
40 gProtein
34 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Processed Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno1 pepper (14g)4
Soupnot in our table0
Beannot 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 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. Beans + jalapenotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together459 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  3. Beans + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,733 recipes

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

  4. Beef + beanstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,134 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + beanstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together741 recipes

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

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, cheese, beans, sauce, pepper):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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