Name: Wasabi Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 pounds Russet Potatoes, Peeled, Cut Into 2-inch Pieces; ¼ cups Butter; ¾ cups Skim Milk; 1-½ Tablespoon Wasabi Powder; 1 teaspoon Sea Salt (or To Taste); ½ cups Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt; ½ cups Wasabi Peas, Chopped, For Garnishing*

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Wasabi Mashed Potatoes

Serves 8

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

3 pounds Russet Potatoes, Peeled, Cut Into 2-inch Pieces
¼ cups Butter
¾ cups Skim Milk
1-½ Tablespoon Wasabi Powder
1 teaspoon Sea Salt (or To Taste)
½ cups Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt
½ cups Wasabi Peas, Chopped, For Garnishing*

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

574Calories

34 gProtein

21 gFat

66 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wasabi	not in our table	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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Potato + peastop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,016 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,611 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Potato + yogurttop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Wasabi + peastop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the wasabi

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, milk, yogurt, peas):

Asparagusfits better
Chivefits better
Tomatofits better
Wasabithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, milk, yogurt, peas. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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