Skip to main content

Cheesy Ranch New Red Potatoes

"My family requests these potatoes all the time. They are awesome and so easy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Cheesy Ranch New Red Potatoes

Why it works: Potato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,305 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cheesy Ranch New Red Potatoes

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

280Calories
12 gProtein
10 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salad Dressingnot 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 allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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 + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

  2. Ranch + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together65 recipes

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

  3. Potato + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together959 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Cheese + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,861 recipes

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

  5. Potato + ranchtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the potato

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

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