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Cyndi's Shrimp Fajitas

"Marinated shrimp, vegetables, and cheese enclosed in flour tortillas. I love making these fajitas...and my friends love it when I make them."

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Cyndi's Shrimp Fajitas

Why it works: Lime and corn work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 773 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cyndi's Shrimp Fajitas

8 fajitas
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1092Calories
54 gProtein
30 gFat
156 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Shrimp100g cooked99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1

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. Lime + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,502 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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 (sauce, lime, shrimp, olive, corn, flour, cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, lime, shrimp, olive, corn, flour, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.