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Sweet Potato Chips with Simple Salsa Recipe

Sweet potato wedges roasted with oil and pepper, served with a tomato, cucumber, and onion salsa.

From the NHS (UK) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and cucumber are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,405 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Chips with Simple Salsa Recipe

Oven200 °C (180 °C fan oven, gas mark 6)
Time35 to 40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (180 °C fan oven, gas mark 6).

  2. Slice each sweet potato lengthwise into six wedges and place them in a roasting tin.

  3. Add the vegetable oil, season with black pepper, and toss to coat.

Roast and serve

  1. Roast in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until tender, turning them over after 20 minutes.

  2. While the vegetables are roasting, mix the tomatoes, onion, cucumber, and tomato purée to make the salsa.

  3. Serve the sweet potato wedges with the salsa on the side.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

368Calories
8 gProtein
14 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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 NHS (UK).

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. Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together76 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Sweet potato + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together359 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Onion + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 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

Sweet potatoes
Form the main body of the chips, becoming soft and tender inside as they roast.
Vegetable oil
Coats the wedges so they roast evenly and take on a golden surface.
Tomato purée
Adds concentrated tomato flavour and body to the salsa.

The step that matters

Turning the wedges after 20 minutes. Turning the wedges exposes all sides to the hot tin and air, so they brown and cook evenly rather than scorching on one side or staying pale and soft underneath.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, tomato, cucumber, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, tomato, cucumber, 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.

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