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Potato, Egg and Green Bean Salad

"Fourth generation egg farmer Chris Mullet Koop knows a thing or two about tradition, which is why his family loves this potato salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Green beans and egg work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and 48 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the quartered potatoes in a large pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook about 6 minutes until just starting to tender.

  2. Add the green beans to the pot and cook another 4 minutes until the beans are crisp-tender and the potatoes are fork-tender. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl.

  3. While the vegetables cook, whisk the white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, minced garlic, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl.

  4. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until the dressing is emulsified.

  5. Pour about two-thirds of the dressing over the warm potatoes and green beans and toss gently to coat.

  6. Add the chopped hard-boiled eggs and gently fold them in, taking care not to break them up too much.

  7. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the salad and toss once more. Taste and adjust salt and pepper, then serve warm or at room temperature.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Green beans + eggtop 23% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Potato + green beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81 recipes

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

  3. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Vinegar + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Vinegar and mustard share little aroma chemistry, yet 14,067 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, green beans, olive, egg, white wine, vinegar, garlic):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Onionbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, green beans, olive, egg, white wine, vinegar, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).