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Okra Stew with Shrimp

"This is a delectable spicy creole concoction and is so easy to prepare."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Shrimp and okra work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 80 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shrimp + okratop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Lime + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together305 recipes

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

  4. Okra + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Pepper + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, lime, pepper, corn, okra, tomato, thyme):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, lime, pepper, corn, okra, tomato, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).