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Green Potato Salad

A potato salad made with boiled potatoes, hard‑cooked eggs, mayonnaise, green pepper, celery, and sweet pickle relish.

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Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Green Potato Salad

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the potatoes

  1. Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water.

  2. Bring to a boil and add 1 teaspoon salt.

  3. Cook over medium heat 15 minutes or until tender.

  4. Drain and set aside to cool.

Make the dressing

  1. Cut eggs in half and place yolks in a large bowl.

  2. Mash yolks with a fork and stir in oil and green pepper.

  3. Add mayonnaise and remaining 1 teaspoon salt and mix well.

Assemble and chill

  1. Dice potatoes and add mayonnaise mixture along with celery, green pepper and relish.

  2. Finely chop egg whites and stir into salad, mixing well.

  3. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

395Calories
12 gProtein
19 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Relishnot 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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Egg + peppertop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

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

Egg and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 bulk of the salad, holding their shape when cooked until tender.
Hard cooked eggs
Yolks are mashed into the dressing for richness, while chopped whites add body.
Mayonnaise
Emulsified fat that gives the salad its creamy texture and binds the ingredients.
Vegetable oil
Adds fat that smooths the mashed yolk mixture and helps it blend into a creamy dressing.
Sweet pickle relish
Adds sweetness and acidity that balance the richness of the mayonnaise and eggs.

The step that matters

Cook the potatoes until just tender. Overcooked potatoes break down and turn mushy, while undercooked ones stay hard. Draining and cooling them fully before dressing keeps the salad from becoming watery and greasy.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, pepper, celery. 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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