Name: Sweet Potato Home-y Fries Recipe
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into medium dice; 2 pounds orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into medium dice; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 6 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 medium garlic cloves, minced; 2 large shallots, minced; Freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup finely sliced scallions

Why it works: Sweet potato and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Home-y Fries Recipe

8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into medium dice
2 pounds orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into medium dice
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 teaspoons kosher salt
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 medium garlic cloves, minced
2 large shallots, minced
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup finely sliced scallions

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories

7 gProtein

14 gFat

64 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
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 + shallottop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,677 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, sweet potato, garlic, clove, shallot, pepper):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Lemonfits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, sweet potato, garlic, clove, shallot, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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