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Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potato Baked Fries!

"This recipe came after visiting a restaurant and trying to duplicate it at home! It is easy, too. Serve with honey mustard."

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Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potato Baked Fries!

Why it works: Olive and sweet potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 950 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potato Baked Fries!

2 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

358Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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 + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

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

  2. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + sweet potatotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Olive + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,792 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Honey + sweet potatotop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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, honey, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Sweet potatothe original

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