Name: Roasted Potatoes with Bacon, Onions, and Sage
Yield: Makes 10 -12 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound thick-cut bacon slices, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick strips; 5 pounds assorted baby potatoes (such as red-skinned, white-skinned, and Dutch yellow), rinsed, dried, halved; 2 large red onions, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups); 3/4 cup 1/3-inch pieces torn fresh sage leaves (from about 2 bunches), divided; 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, melted; Coarse kosher salt

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Roasted Potatoes with Bacon, Onions, and Sage

Makes 10 -12 servings

Ingredients

1 pound thick-cut bacon slices, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick strips
5 pounds assorted baby potatoes (such as red-skinned, white-skinned, and Dutch yellow), rinsed, dried, halved
2 large red onions, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
3/4 cup 1/3-inch pieces torn fresh sage leaves (from about 2 bunches), divided
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, melted
Coarse kosher salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories

9 gProtein

15 gFat

48 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Sage	1 tsp ground (0.7g)	2
Salt	1 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.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + sagetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together386 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Onion + sagetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,628 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, onion, butter):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Sagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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