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Spuds Stuffed with Tuna & Chives

Give jacket potatoes a new and healthy twist

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spuds Stuffed with Tuna & Chives

Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Spuds Stuffed with Tuna & Chives

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
37 gProtein
18 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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.

  1. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  4. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Chive + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together359 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, cottage cheese, onion, chive, sauce):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Celerythe original

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