Name: Confetti Corn Bread–Crusted Shrimp in Creole Filling
Yield: Makes 6-8 servings
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced; 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning; 2 tablespoons flour; One 14-ounce can diced tomatoes; 1/2 cup tomato sauce; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 bay leaf; 8 ounces bay shrimp; 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature; 2 teaspoons granulated sugar; 2 eggs at room temperature; 1/4 cup peeled and diced mild green chiles, fresh or canned (drained); 1/2 cup corn kernels; 1/2 cup canned cream-style corn; 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper; 2 tablespoons finely chopped green bell pepper; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,377 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, celery, pepper, garlic, flour, tomato):

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Red Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Green Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Confetti Corn Bread–Crusted Shrimp in Creole Filling