Name: Simple German Potato Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 8 medium red potatoes, diced; 1/2 cup creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™; 3 spiced dill pickles, coarsely chopped; 1/4 cup chopped white onion; salt and pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and sliced; 5 hot dogs, cut into pieces; 1 cup creamy cucumber salad dressing

Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

Simple German Potato Salad

6 servings

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

8 medium red potatoes, diced
1/2 cup creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™
3 spiced dill pickles, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup chopped white onion
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and sliced
5 hot dogs, cut into pieces
1 cup creamy cucumber salad dressing

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

313Calories

13 gProtein

6 gFat

54 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0
Hot Dog	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together530 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together423 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, dill, pepper, garlic, egg, cucumber):

Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Broccolifits better
Onionthe original

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

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