Name: Baked Sweet Potato & Andouille Hash Browns
Yield: Serves 4 as a side
Ingredients: 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; 2 medium Yukon Gold potatoes (comparable in size to the 1 sweet potato), peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; Salt; 3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 Andouille sausage links (about 1/2 lb), casings removed and meat broken into 8 pieces each

Why it works: Potato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,458 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Baked Sweet Potato & Andouille Hash Browns

Serves 4 as a side

Ingredients

1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
2 medium Yukon Gold potatoes (comparable in size to the 1 sweet potato), peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
Salt
3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 Andouille sausage links (about 1/2 lb), casings removed and meat broken into 8 pieces each

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

522Calories

31 gProtein

28 gFat

37 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	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.

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Potato + meattop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together786 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Olive + meattop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,485 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sweet potato + potatotop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2 recipes

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

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 (potato, olive, meat):

Tomatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Capsicumfits better
Sweet potatothe original

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

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