Name: Ali's Potato Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 (2 pound) package frozen Southern-style hash brown potatoes; 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream; 1 (1 pound) loaf processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®), cubed; 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1/2 cup melted butter; 2 cups corn flakes cereal

Why it works: Potato and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 938 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Ali's Potato Casserole

8 servings

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1 (2 pound) package frozen Southern-style hash brown potatoes
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
1 (1 pound) loaf processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®), cubed
1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup melted butter
2 cups corn flakes cereal

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

619Calories

34 gProtein

28 gFat

63 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Processed Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Soup	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.

Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together938 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Potato + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together968 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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