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Spring Potato Salad

A salad of boiled small new potatoes with scallions, parsley, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and minced garlic.

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Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Spring Potato Salad

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the potatoes

  1. Wash potatoes and cook in their skin in boiling salted water for 15 minutes or until just tender.

  2. Peel (or the skin can be left on if desired) and put in a bowl.

Dress and serve

  1. Add scallions and parsley to potatoes and toss.

  2. Combine olive oil and remaining ingredients.

  3. Pour over potatoes and toss.

  4. Serves warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

339Calories
6 gProtein
14 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 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.

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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

New potatoes
Provide the starchy base that holds the salad's body and texture.
Olive oil
Adds fat and coats the potatoes, carrying flavor and keeping them moist.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the dressing and balances the oil.
Garlic
Adds sharp aromatic flavor to the dressing.

The step that matters

Cook potatoes until just tender. Overcooked potatoes break apart and turn mushy, while undercooked ones stay hard. Stopping at tender keeps their shape so they hold up when tossed with the dressing.

Swap the clove

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

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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