Name: Sweet Potato Wedges with Lime Mayo
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 sweet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, each cut lengthwise into 8 wedges; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 1/4 teaspoon finely grated lime zest; 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice; Chopped fresh cilantro (for serving)

Why it works: Sweet potato and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 177 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Wedges with Lime Mayo

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

3 sweet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, each cut lengthwise into 8 wedges
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
Chopped fresh cilantro (for serving)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories

11 gProtein

19 gFat

43 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
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 epicurious. 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 + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together177 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Sweet potato + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,015 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, lime):

Capsicumfits better
Sweet potatothe original
Spinachfits about as well
Carrotfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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