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Tostones with Mayo-Ketchup Dipping Sauce

"I love plantains and I craved these all the time when I was pregnant. They are great as a side dish or appetizer. After you smash them, but before you fry them the second time, you can put them in a resealable plastic bag and freeze them for later. There's no need to defrost them but be careful when you drop them in the hot oil. You can adjust the mayonnaise to ketchup ratio to your liking and add more or less garlic."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Tostones with Mayo-Ketchup Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Clove and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,368 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Tostones with Mayo-Ketchup Dipping Sauce

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

223Calories
8 gProtein
19 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Plantainnot 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.

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

  1. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + canola oiltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Clove + canola oiltop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Ketchup + clovetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Ketchup + garlictop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ketchup, garlic, canola oil):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ketchup, garlic, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.