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Basil Skillet Potatoes

"These creamy, cheesy potatoes with a hint of basil cook quickly in the skillet to make a fabulous side for your main course."

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Why it works: Basil and potato work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 518 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

  2. Add the chopped onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and lightly golden, about 4 minutes.

  3. Stir in the crushed basil, condensed cream of celery soup and water until smooth.

  4. Add the sliced cooked potatoes and gently stir to coat them in the sauce.

  5. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 8 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the potatoes are hot all the way through.

  6. Sprinkle the shredded Cheddar over the top, cover and let it melt for 1 to 2 minutes before serving.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Basil + potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together518 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Onion + potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together932 recipes

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

  4. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,434 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, basil, cream, cheddar cheese, potato):

  1. Tomatoabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Chiveabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, basil, cream, cheddar cheese, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).