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Lime + Dill

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 106 recipes, and they share 250 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together106 recipes
Ranktop 2% of pairs
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49lime only 250shared 92dill only Lime · 299 Dill · 342
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do lime and dill go together?

Yes. 106 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 250 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything lime carries, dill has too: 250 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and decanal (soap, orange peel).

What each one brings

lime

Much the same character. It carries 49 molecules dill doesn't have.

dill

Much the same character. It carries 92 molecules lime doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Coriander: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 2% with dill.
  • Fennel: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 1% with dill.
  • Lemon grass: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 7% with dill.
  • Lemon: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 1% with dill.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with lime and dill

Mostly mains: 15 of the 23 recipes with a course label are mains.

Lime Dill DressingAppleby's Tequila Lime ChickenChilled Chicken with Dill SauceDilled Shrimp and Rice SaladHerb Lime VinaigretteLime Vinaigrette I

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (84% of lime's and 73% of dill's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 250 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 49 only in lime and the 92 only in dill.

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Lime and dill questions

Do lime and dill go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 106 recipes, and they share 250 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do lime and dill taste good together?

Almost everything lime carries, dill has too: 250 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in dill. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and decanal (soap, orange peel).

What goes with lime and dill?

Coriander is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 2% with dill. Fennel and lemon grass also fit both.

What can you make with lime and dill?

Mostly mains: 15 of the 23 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Lime Dill Dressing, Appleby's Tequila Lime Chicken, Chilled Chicken with Dill Sauce, Dilled Shrimp and Rice Salad.

Can I use dill instead of lime?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (84% of lime's and 73% of dill's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Dill. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-dill. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lime_vs_dill_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Dill},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-dill},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.