Name: Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
Yield: 8 to 12 servings as an hors d'oeuvre
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons vegetable oil; 1 1/2 pounds Garnet sweet potatoes, cut into 1/8-inch rounds; 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar; 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Sweet potato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,015 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Chips Recipe

8 to 12 servings as an hors d'oeuvre

Ingredients

4 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds Garnet sweet potatoes, cut into 1/8-inch rounds
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

289Calories

4 gProtein

14 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 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.

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.

Sweet potato + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,015 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,814 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Sweet potato + vinegartop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together181 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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

Swap the sweet potato

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

Capsicumfits better
Mustardfits better
Cabbagefits better
Sweet potatothe original

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

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