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Patio Shrimp Salad

"Shrimp tossed with rice, pickles, olives, raisins and some more salad goodies. A quick and easy summer salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Patio Shrimp Salad

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Patio Shrimp Salad

6 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

550Calories
39 gProtein
7 gFat
83 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
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  3. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 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 raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, dill, olive, onion, pepper, tomato, shrimp):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, dill, olive, onion, pepper, tomato, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.