Name: Cheesy Ham Potato Bake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 1 9x13-inch baking dish
Ingredients: 1 (30 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed; 1 (12 ounce) package pre-cooked ham steak, diced; 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, or more to taste; 1 onion, chopped; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup; 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream; 1/2 cup butter, melted; salt and ground black pepper to taste

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 ↓

Cheesy Ham Potato Bake

1 9x13-inch baking dish

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1 (30 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
1 (12 ounce) package pre-cooked ham steak, diced
2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, or more to taste
1 onion, chopped
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1/2 cup butter, melted
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1234Calories

114 gProtein

60 gFat

55 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

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

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 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 + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together932 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the onion

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

Onionthe original
Capsicumfits about as well
Asparagusfits less well
Mustardfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, ham, cheddar cheese, cream, chicken, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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