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Creole-Spiced Shrimp

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Creole-Spiced Shrimp

Why it works: Lemon and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 784 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creole-Spiced Shrimp

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories
27 gProtein
13 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sambalnot 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 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. Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together784 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  3. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Onion + oreganotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the sambal

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, onion, lemon, oregano, sauce, pepper, butter):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Sambalthe original

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