Name: Mexican Chorizo and Sweet Potato Hash
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 4 whole Sweet Potatoes, Peeled And Diced; 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil, Divided; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; ½ teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper; 1 pound Mexican Chorizo, Casings Removed; 2 whole Poblano Chiles, Seeded And Chopped; 2 whole Red Bell Peppers, Seeded And Chopped; 2 whole Shallots, Chopped; 3 cups Baby Spinach Leaves; ¼ cups Chopped Cilantro Leaves; 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter; 6 whole Fried Eggs; 1 cup Crumbled Asadero Cheese; 1 whole Avocado, Peeled, Pitted And Thinly Sliced

Why it works: Shallot and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 198 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. 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.

Shallot + spinachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together198 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sweet potato + spinachtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together126 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sweet potato + shallottop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Pepper + spinachtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,400 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, olive, pepper, spinach, butter, egg, cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Chivefits better
Asparagusfits better
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, olive, pepper, spinach, butter, egg, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Red Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Mexican Chorizo and Sweet Potato Hash