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Potato, Quinoa, and Cumin Hash Browns Recipe

During a trip to New York, the CHOW food editors brunched at Public and noshed on this delicious take on hash browns. Chef Brad Farmerie was kind enough to part...

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Potato, Quinoa, and Cumin Hash Browns Recipe

Why it works: Quinoa and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 23 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Potato, Quinoa, and Cumin Hash Browns Recipe

12 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

874Calories
13 gProtein
59 gFat
77 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chive1 tbsp (3g)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.

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.

  1. Quinoa + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Quinoa + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cumin + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Quinoa + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, cumin, olive, peanut oil, chive):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, cumin, olive, peanut oil, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.