Name: BBQ Lovers Potatoes
Ingredients: 8 Large Potatoes Sliced(Yukon Gold or Red Potatoes Work Best); 2 Large Spanish or Vidalia Onions Sliced; Olive Oil; Vegan Margarine*; Salt; Pepper; Aluminum Foil; Non Stick Cooking Spray

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,023 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

BBQ Lovers Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Tear off two fairly large sheets of aluminum foil (approx. 36" each), and lay one horizontally with the other one on top going vertically. Spray both sheets very well with cooking spray.
Place half of the sliced potatoes in the centre of the two sheets of foil. Put half of the sliced onions on top of the potatoes. Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes and onions, and dot with little pieces of margarine. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste. Make a second layer by repeating the above directions.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,474 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

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

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Tomatobetter flavor fit
Spinachbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).