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Roasted Mustard Sweet Potates

Just a few simple ingredients away from a deliciously sweet and savory sweet potato side dish!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Roasted Mustard Sweet Potates

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Roasted Mustard Sweet Potates

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

293Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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 tastykitchen. 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Sweet potato + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together631 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 (olive, mustard, pepper, garlic):

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

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