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Baked Potatoes with Bacon & Jalapenos

Baked potatoes stuffed with bacon and jalapenos. How can you go wrong?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Baked Potatoes with Bacon & Jalapenos

Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,517 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Baked Potatoes with Bacon & Jalapenos

Serves 3
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories
10 gProtein
14 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, cream cheese, clove, garlic, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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