Name: Homemade Crispy Seasoned French Fries
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon garlic salt; 1 teaspoon onion salt; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1/2 cup water, or as needed; 1 cup vegetable oil for frying

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Homemade Crispy Seasoned French Fries

8 servings

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

779Calories

18 gProtein

15 gFat

142 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,149 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Potato + flourtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,355 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the potato

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

Chivefits better
Okrafits better
Kalefits better
Potatothe original

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

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