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Stuffed Baked Potatoes I

Baked potatoes filled with mashed potato, sour half and half, salt, pepper, and chives.

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Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Stuffed Baked Potatoes I

Oven450°F (230 °C), then 325°F (165 °C)
Time35–40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the potatoes

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F (230 °C).

  2. Prick the skins of the potatoes with a fork. Lightly oil your hands and rub a small amount of oil onto the potatoes, coating them lightly.

  3. Place the potatoes in the oven and bake until done, about 35–40 minutes.

Stuff and bake

  1. Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F (165 °C).

  2. Remove the potatoes from the oven. Cut a thin slice from each potato and hollow out the center, leaving the shell intact.

  3. Mash the potato centers in a mixer with sour half and half, salt, pepper, and chives.

  4. Re‑fill the shells with the mashed mixture, heaping it high.

  5. Place the stuffed potatoes on aluminum foil and bake until the tops are lightly browned, about ½ hour.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

338Calories
5 gProtein
19 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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 + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  3. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Potato
Provides the starchy flesh that is mashed and piped back into the shells.
Sour half and half
Adds moisture and tang, making the mashed filling creamy and smooth.
Oil
Thinly coats the skins, helping them brown and crisp in the oven.

The step that matters

Baking the stuffed potatoes at the lower temperature. Reducing the oven to 325°F after the first bake lets the filling heat through and dry slightly without the shells burning before the tops lightly brown.

Swap the chive

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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