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Scallops with Mango Salsa on Fresh Spinach

"This is such a simple recipe, but it tastes and looks like something you would get at a restaurant!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Scallops with Mango Salsa on Fresh Spinach

Why it works: Mango and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Scallops with Mango Salsa on Fresh Spinach

2 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

609Calories
28 gProtein
40 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno1 pepper (14g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  4. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Shallot + jalapenotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, pepper, shallot, lime, olive, butter, scallop):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, pepper, shallot, lime, olive, butter, scallop. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.