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Jalapeño Crab Cakes with Slaw and Salsa

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Jalapeño Crab Cakes with Slaw and Salsa

Why it works: Canola oil and lime work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 240 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Jalapeño Crab Cakes with Slaw and Salsa

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

785Calories
38 gProtein
21 gFat
110 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Canola oil + limetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together240 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Egg + canola oiltop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together961 recipes

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

  3. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Canola oil + creamtop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

  5. Cream + limetop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together740 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, canola oil, cream):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, canola oil, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.