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Miki's Jicama

"A great 'salsa' NOT BLENDED! Chunky, crisp, and yummy! Buy some freezer containers, this recipe makes A LOT, or share with friends. I once could not find white balsamic vinegar and used the dark without any problems. Freezes well."

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Miki's Jicama

Why it works: Jicama and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 80 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Miki's Jicama

1 gallon
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Jicama1 cup (120g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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 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 + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Jicama + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, jicama, pepper, onion, jalapeno, garlic, lime):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, jicama, pepper, onion, jalapeno, garlic, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.