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My Homemade “Light As Air” Potato Chips

Making your own potato chips is so incredibly easy. There are 2 pieces of equipment that you should have: 1) Mandoline 2) Deep Fryer (or) you could use a big heavy pot & thermometer ...

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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My Homemade “Light As Air” Potato Chips

Why it works: Cumin and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

My Homemade “Light As Air” Potato Chips

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
41 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)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 steamykitchen. 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. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  2. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Potato + cumintop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together972 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 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 potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cumin, garlic, pepper):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Potatothe original

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