Lime + Jicama
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 80 recipes, and they share 204 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.
Do lime and jicama go together?
Yes. 80 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 204 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Read this with the evidence note above in mind.
Why they work
Almost everything jicama carries, lime has too: 204 of jicama's 204 flavor molecules also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What each one brings
lime
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for jicama. It carries 95 molecules jicama doesn't have.
jicama
The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for lime. Every molecule it carries is also in lime.
Add a third ingredient
- Avocado: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 1% with jicama.
- Agave: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 1% with jicama.
- Coriander: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 1% with jicama.
- Lemon grass: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 2% with jicama.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lime and jicama
Mostly salads: 12 of the 19 recipes with a course label are salads.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of jicama's flavor molecules (204 of 204) are also found in lime, but lime has 95 that jicama lacks. Jicama gives you part of lime's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 204 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 95 only in lime and the 0 only in jicama.
Lime and jicama questions
Do lime and jicama go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 80 recipes, and they share 204 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.
Why do lime and jicama taste good together?
Almost everything jicama carries, lime has too: 204 of jicama's 204 flavor molecules also occur in lime. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What goes with lime and jicama?
Avocado is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 1% with jicama. Agave and coriander also fit both.
What can you make with lime and jicama?
Mostly salads: 12 of the 19 recipes with a course label are salads. Common dishes include Ensalada de Jicama y Naranja, Jicama Salad, Jicama-Orange Salad with Chipotle Vinaigrette, Lime Turkey Salad.
Can I use jicama instead of lime?
Only partly. Almost all of jicama's flavor molecules (204 of 204) are also found in lime, but lime has 95 that jicama lacks. Jicama gives you part of lime's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Jicama. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-jicama. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lime_vs_jicama_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Jicama},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-jicama},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.