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Hawaiian Shrimp

"Pineapple and shrimp, basted with a sweet and sour sauce, lends a tropical touch to any BBQ. This is a favorite!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Hawaiian Shrimp

Why it works: Pepper and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,580 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Hawaiian Shrimp

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

379Calories
34 gProtein
5 gFat
57 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
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Saucenot 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. Pepper + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  2. Pineapple + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together533 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Pineapple + mushroomtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together73 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Pepper + cherry tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: butanol (wine).

  5. Shrimp + mushroomtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together635 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, pineapple, pepper, mushroom, sauce):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

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