Name: Sweetpotato Noodles
Ingredients: 3 medium California sweetpotatoes, cut into noodles; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 shallot, roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives; Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste

Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Sweetpotato Noodles

Ingredients

3 medium California sweetpotatoes, cut into noodles
2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 shallot, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories

3 gProtein

14 gFat

8 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 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 whatsgabycooking. 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.

Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together450 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,149 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,982 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, shallot, olive, mushroom, pepper, chive):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

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

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