Name: Liver Salad
Ingredients: 200 g boiled liver; 3 potatoes; 1 pickled cucumber; 1.5 onion; salad seasoning; greens

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

Liver Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Separately boil the liver and potatoes and dice finely.
Cut the pickled cucumbers and onions into shoestrings.

Assemble and serve

Mix the ingredients, add the salad seasoning.
Heap the salad in a bowl, decorate with greens.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

221Calories

6 gProtein

0 gFat

51 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Liver	not in our table	0
Salad	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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cucumber + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,050 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + cucumbertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together481 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Liver + oniontop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,420 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Liver + potatotop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together108 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Liver: Provides the main protein and rich, savoury body to the salad.
Potatoes: Add starchy bulk and a soft texture that binds the diced pieces together.
Pickled cucumber: Adds sharp acidity that cuts through the richness of the liver.
Onion: Contributes sharp, pungent flavour and a crisp bite.