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Lc's Sweet Potato Fries

"A tangy way to enjoy sweet potatoes outside of Thanksgiving dinner. Sweet potato fries do not crisp as well as regular potato fries do, so if you do not like softer fries, this is not the recipe for you!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Lc's Sweet Potato Fries

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Lc's Sweet Potato Fries

4 servings
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories
31 gProtein
29 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together631 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 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 sweet potato

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

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

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