Skip to main content

Hot German Potato Salad I

"My Grandparents used to make this for us when we were children. The addition of escarole adds a great flavor to the bacon, potatoes and eggs."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Hot German Potato Salad I

Why it works: Potato and apple cider vinegar work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 52 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Hot German Potato Salad I

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

285Calories
14 gProtein
9 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

Explore the science

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. Potato + apple cider vinegartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together52 recipes

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

  2. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Egg + apple cider vinegartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together193 recipes

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

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 (egg, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Cabbagefits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, apple cider vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.