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Sweet-and-Spicy Sweet Potatoes

The chili seasoning in this dish adds some heat, producing an appealing sweet-hot taste. Serve the sweet potatoes the moment they come out of the oven, while they are still crisp.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Sweet-and-Spicy Sweet Potatoes

Why it works: Sweet potato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,015 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Sweet-and-Spicy Sweet Potatoes

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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 williamssonoma. 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. Sweet potato + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + canola oiltop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  3. Canola oil + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Sweet potato + molassestop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together56 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Molasses + peppertop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together897 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (canola oil, molasses, pepper):

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

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