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Egg Rolls a LA Paye

"These you have GOT to try. I stumbled upon this creation one day while puttering with what was in the fridge, and viola!! A crispy egg roll filled with shrimp, chicken and bacon for a full flavored crunch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Egg Rolls a LA Paye

Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,850 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Egg Rolls a LA Paye

12 egg rolls
Prep30 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

513Calories
65 gProtein
26 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg Roll1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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.

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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. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Shrimp + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,743 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Chicken + shrimptop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together988 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Shrimp + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,423 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, shrimp, sauce, egg):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Gingerfits less well
  4. Tarragonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, shrimp, sauce, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.