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Sesame Shrimp with Cilantro-Lime Sauce Recipe

A quick appetizer or hors d'oeuvre recipe with easy roasted shrimp and a creamy dip with bit of heat.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Sesame Shrimp with Cilantro-Lime Sauce Recipe

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Sesame Shrimp with Cilantro-Lime Sauce Recipe

About 36 shrimp
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

495Calories
33 gProtein
33 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 chow. 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Sesame + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together431 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Sesame + shrimptop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Lime + shrimptop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sesame + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,343 recipes

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

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, sauce, pepper, shrimp):

  1. Beansfits about as well
  2. Sesamethe original
  3. Black-eyed peafits about as well
  4. Cashew nutfits about as well

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