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Mango-Strawberry Salsa

"A refreshing summer salsa for those who want something not so spicy. Extremely easy and very flavorful. Serve chilled with tortilla chips."

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Mango-Strawberry Salsa

Why it works: Lime and mango match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Mango-Strawberry Salsa

3 cups
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

236Calories
4 gProtein
2 gFat
60 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Lime + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Orange + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, orange, lemon, lime):

  1. Mangothe original
  2. Cranberryfits about as well
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Blueberryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, orange, lemon, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.