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Chili Cheese Potato Skins

"Fried potato skins are stuffed with a cheesy beef mixture and mashed potatoes, and seasoned with chili powder."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chili Cheese Potato Skins

Why it works: Potato and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,052 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Chili Cheese Potato Skins

20 stuffed skins
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

753Calories
38 gProtein
50 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Processed Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 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.

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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 + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Beef + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,193 recipes

    Shared aroma: 12-methyltridecanal (tallowy, beefy).

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

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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 (beef, cheese):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Onionfits about as well
  3. Potatothe original
  4. Mustardfits less well

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