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Bacon-Wrapped Barbecue Potato Wedges

These bacon-wrapped barbecue potato wedges are every appetizer lovers’ dream come true. Baked up crispy and glazed with barbecue sauce, these wedges make the perfect holiday appetizer.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Bacon-Wrapped Barbecue Potato Wedges

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 ↓

Bacon-Wrapped Barbecue Potato Wedges

Serves 32
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

333Calories
8 gProtein
17 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
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 tastykitchen. 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. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Canola oil + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Potato + canola oiltop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together268 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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 (canola oil, garlic, pepper):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Onionfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Potatothe original

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