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Sake Shrimp Skewers with Citrus-Sake Dipping Sauce

"Sake and tangy orange are a perfect complement for shrimp. Add a bit of sesame, soy sauce and ginger? Yum!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Sake Shrimp Skewers with Citrus-Sake Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Sesame and ginger are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,531 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Sake Shrimp Skewers with Citrus-Sake Dipping Sauce

4 skewers
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories
39 gProtein
29 gFat
114 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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.

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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. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Sake + winetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one (catty, blackcurrant).

  4. Sake + sesametop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Sake + gingertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (shrimp, sake, wine, sesame, sauce, ginger):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Orangethe original

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