Name: Grilled Red Onion & Potato Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 900g small everyday potatoes , halved; 6 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 3 red onions , peeled but left whole and sliced into finger-thick slices; 2 handfuls flat-leaf parsley leaves, very roughly chopped

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Grilled Red Onion & Potato Salad

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

900g small everyday potatoes , halved
6 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
3 red onions , peeled but left whole and sliced into finger-thick slices
2 handfuls flat-leaf parsley leaves, very roughly chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

328Calories

6 gProtein

14 gFat

48 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, olive, vinegar, onion):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits about as well
Dillfits about as well
Parsleythe original

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

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