Name: Sweet Potato Burgers
Ingredients: 1 cup peeled and diced sweet potatoes; 1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 1 [1/2] cup panko bread crumbs; 1 large egg; 2 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese; 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; [1/2] teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper; [1/2] teaspoon sweet paprika; [1/2] teaspoon dried oregano; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 4 burger buns, sliced and toasted; 2 Hass avocados; Assorted toppings such as red onions, roasted red bell peppers, micro greens, Dijon mustard, lettuce, sun dried tomatoes and caramelized onions.

Why it works: Sweet potato and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

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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.

Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together784 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Pepper + oreganotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,449 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Beans + oreganotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together453 recipes

Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, beans, bread, egg, parmesan cheese, lemon, pepper):

Parsleyfits better
Sagefits better
Thymefits better
Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, beans, bread, egg, parmesan cheese, lemon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Red Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cannellini Bean	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

Sweet Potato Burgers