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Tangy Sweet Potato Fries

"These turned my non-sweet potato-loving husband into a 'that's my favorite dish' kind of man!"

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Tangy Sweet Potato Fries

Why it works: Sweet potato and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 631 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Tangy Sweet Potato Fries

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

281Calories
15 gProtein
8 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salad Dressingnot in our table0

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

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

  4. Parmesan cheese + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Parmesan cheese + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,041 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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 (parmesan cheese, garlic, pepper):

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

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