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Potato Salad with Sundried Tomatoes and Bacon

This twist on the standard potato salad uses earthy herbs, sweet sundried tomatoes and salty bacon to up the flavor ante. This salad will be a hit at any picnic or pitch-in.

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Potato Salad with Sundried Tomatoes and Bacon

Why it works: Sage and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,485 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Potato Salad with Sundried Tomatoes and Bacon

(6-8 servings)
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

466Calories
34 gProtein
10 gFat
62 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
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 backtoherroots. 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. Sage + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  3. Mustard + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Potato + thymetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, onion, yogurt, mustard, white wine, vinegar, thyme):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Sagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, yogurt, mustard, white wine, vinegar, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.