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Cheesy Potato Tots and Gravy Recipe

These cheesy potato morsels covered in gravy pay homage to the Québécois dish poutine: fries topped with squeaky cheese curds and brown gravy. Since fresh cheese...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cheesy Potato Tots and Gravy Recipe

Why it works: Potato and cheddar cheese work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 932 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cheesy Potato Tots and Gravy Recipe

About 45 tots

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

854Calories
24 gProtein
24 gFat
134 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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. Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together932 recipes

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

  2. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

  3. Potato + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,355 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Potato + canola oiltop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together268 recipes

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

  5. Cheddar cheese + flourtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, 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 (cheddar cheese, flour, pepper, canola oil):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, flour, pepper, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.