Name: Home Fries Recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 4 large unpeeled Idaho potatoes (about 10 ounces each), well scrubbed; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 green bell pepper, seeds and membranes removed, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup); 2 medium shallots, peeled and minced; 3 tablespoons minced Italian parsley

Why it works: Shallot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,737 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Home Fries Recipe

6 servings

Ingredients

4 large unpeeled Idaho potatoes (about 10 ounces each), well scrubbed
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 green bell pepper, seeds and membranes removed, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup)
2 medium shallots, peeled and minced
3 tablespoons minced Italian parsley

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,737 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

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

Carrotbetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Chivebetter flavor fit
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, olive, pepper, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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