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Ginger Shrimp with Fried Rice

"My husband and I love Ginger Shrimp. I fix it often and have many requests for the recipe. Served with green beans and red peppers, it is always a hit at mealtime!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Ginger Shrimp with Fried Rice

Why it works: Rice and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 984 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Ginger Shrimp with Fried Rice

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1480Calories
82 gProtein
33 gFat
217 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot 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.

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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. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Rice + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sesame + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together431 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sesame, butter, peas, corn, shrimp, lime):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sesame, butter, peas, corn, shrimp, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.