Name: Lemon and Garlic Potato Salad
Ingredients: 2 lbs. red potatoes; 2/5 cup(s) chopped parsley; 4/5 garlic clove(s) minced; Juice of 1 3/5 lemon(s); 4/5 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil; Salt and pepper to your taste

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lemon and Garlic Potato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Boil potatoes, and cool.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Chill and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

310Calories

5 gProtein

14 gFat

45 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	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.

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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.

Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Red potatoes: Provide the starchy base that makes up the bulk of the salad.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the dish and balances the richness of the oil.
Garlic: Adds sharp, pungent aroma that mellows as the salad chills.
Vegetable oil: Adds fat that carries flavor and coats the potatoes for a smoother texture.

Swap the clove

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

Thymefits better
Marjoramfits better
Dillfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, parsley, garlic, lemon, 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.