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Green Apple, Jicama, and Prawn Salad with Mint, Lemongrass, and Dijon Dressing

"A Southeast Asian chopped salad bursting with exotic flavors. Sweet yet tart. My boyfriend was surprised when I duplicated this salad after we raved about it at a popular restaurant in San Francisco. Enjoy."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Green Apple, Jicama, and Prawn Salad with Mint, Lemongrass, and Dijon Dressing

Why it works: Jicama and carrot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Green Apple, Jicama, and Prawn Salad with Mint, Lemongrass, and Dijon Dressing

4 servings
Prep30 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

449Calories
27 gProtein
14 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Jicama1 cup (120g)46
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Peppermintnot 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. Jicama + carrottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Jicama + minttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Carrot + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,861 recipes

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

  4. Jicama + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Mint + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,240 recipes

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

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, jicama, carrot, mint, olive, sugar, vinegar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, jicama, carrot, mint, olive, sugar, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.