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Peppery Bacon, Potato and Green Onion Omelet

A savory omelet with bacon, potato, green onion, tomato, and parsley, seasoned with pepper sauce, salt, and black pepper.

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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Peppery Bacon, Potato and Green Onion Omelet

Time10 minutes under the broiler

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Cut bacon into small pieces and fry until crispy, then remove bacon and set aside.

  2. Peel and dice potato into small cubes.

  3. Saute potato slowly in bacon fat.

  4. Add green onions and cook until potatoes are browned and onions are wilted.

  5. Drain excess fat from skillet.

  6. Peel, seed and chop tomatoes.

  7. Melt butter in saucepan.

  8. Cook tomatoes over fairly high heat for 4 minutes until most of the juice has evaporated.

Make the omelet

  1. Spread potatoes and onions evenly around skillet.

  2. Sprinkle bacon over the mixture.

  3. Add cooked tomatoes and chopped parsley.

  4. Beat 6 eggs with water, pepper sauce, salt, and pepper.

  5. Pour eggs over potato mixture.

  6. Cook over low heat until eggs start to set.

  7. Lift around sides of the pan so the uncooked portion flows under the cooked part.

  8. Place under broiler as far away from heat as possible for 10 minutes until top is lightly browned.

Serve

  1. Slide out of pan onto serving plate.

  2. Cut in wedges to serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

457Calories
16 gProtein
21 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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.

Explore the science

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  3. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into a custard that binds the potato, bacon and tomato together.
Potato
Gives the omelet body and, when browned, a crisp, savoury texture.
Bacon
Adds salty, smoky flavour and fat for frying the potato.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity; cooking off the juice keeps the omelet from becoming watery.
Green onions
Add mild onion aroma and sweetness as they wilt in the pan.

The step that matters

Cook the eggs over low heat and lift the edges. Eggs are proteins that set gently at low heat; high heat toughens and scorches them before the centre sets. Lifting the edges lets liquid egg flow under the cooked part so the omelet cooks evenly.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, tomato, butter, parsley, egg, pepper, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, tomato, butter, parsley, egg, pepper, sauce. 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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