Name: Loaded Broccoli & Cheese Twice Baked Potato
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 4 large Russet potatoes; 1/2 stick unsalted butter; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/2 cup all purpose Gold Medal Flour; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups vegetable or chicken broth, reduced sodium; 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese; 10 ounce bag broccoli florets; 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese; 1/2 cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

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 ↓

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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 + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, milk, pepper, flour, chicken, cheddar cheese):

Garlicthe original
Thymefits about as well
Parsleyfits about as well
Rosemaryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, milk, pepper, flour, chicken, cheddar cheese. 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
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Loaded Broccoli & Cheese Twice Baked Potato