Dill + Garlic
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 943 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.
Do dill and garlic go together?
Yes. 943 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 230 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 8% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of garlic's flavor molecules (230 of 313) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and linalool (floral, citrus).
What each one brings
dill
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for garlic. It carries 112 molecules garlic doesn't have.
garlic
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for dill. It carries 83 molecules dill doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Parsley: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with dill, top 4% with garlic.
- Fennel: top 1% of pairs with dill, top 8% with garlic.
- Broccoli: top 4% of pairs with dill, top 1% with garlic.
- Cumin: top 4% of pairs with dill, top 1% with garlic.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with dill and garlic
Mostly mains: 130 of the 202 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of garlic's flavor molecules (230 of 313) are also found in dill, but dill has 112 that garlic lacks. Garlic gives you part of dill's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 230 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 112 only in dill and the 83 only in garlic.
Dill and garlic questions
Do dill and garlic go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 943 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do dill and garlic taste good together?
More than half of garlic's flavor molecules (230 of 313) also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and linalool (floral, citrus).
What goes with dill and garlic?
Parsley is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with dill and top 4% with garlic. Fennel and broccoli also fit both.
What can you make with dill and garlic?
Mostly mains: 130 of the 202 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Dill and Garlic Shrimp Skewers, Garlic Dill Meatballs, Garlic Dill New Potatoes, Garlic-Dill Salmon.
Can I use garlic instead of dill?
Only partly. Most of garlic's flavor molecules (230 of 313) are also found in dill, but dill has 112 that garlic lacks. Garlic gives you part of dill's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Dill vs Garlic. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-garlic. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Dill vs Garlic},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dill-vs-garlic},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.