Name: Smoked Trout Potato Skins Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 16 potato skins
Ingredients: 8 (3-inch-long) russet potatoes (about 2 1/4 pounds), scrubbed and thoroughly dried; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick), melted; 1 teaspoon grapeseed or vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon lime juice; 2 cups baby arugula , washed and dried

Why it works: Potato and lime work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 424 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Smoked Trout Potato Skins Recipe

16 potato skins

Prep30 min

Cook1 hr 25 min

Ingredients

8 (3-inch-long) russet potatoes (about 2 1/4 pounds), scrubbed and thoroughly dried
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick), melted
1 teaspoon grapeseed or vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
2 cups baby arugula , washed and dried

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

398Calories

5 gProtein

25 gFat

41 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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 + limetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together424 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Lime + arugulatop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Potato + arugulatop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together46 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Butter + limetop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,339 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, lime):

Chivefits better
Capsicumfits better
Broccolifits better
Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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