Name: Chile-Lime Cashews
Yield: Makes 4 cups
Ingredients: 4 cups raw cashews; 15 dried chiles de árbol; 10 kaffir lime leaves (optional) cut into 1/4" slices; 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ancho chiles; 2 tablespoons finely grated lime zest

Why it works: Lime and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,317 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 cups

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

4 cups raw cashews
15 dried chiles de árbol
10 kaffir lime leaves (optional) cut into 1/4" slices
2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ancho chiles
2 tablespoons finely grated lime zest

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Lime + buttertop 21% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1,317 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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