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Shrimp Summer Rolls with Asian Peanut Sauce

"These shrimp summer rolls are great, and taste even better if you want to oven-bake or fry them as well. It only takes about 20 minutes to make, so it is much quicker than take out. These come highly recommended, you may want to make a double batch."

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Why it works: Shrimp and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 182 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

4 summer rolls
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: peanut, shellfish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, 3 minced garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon grated ginger, and season with salt and black pepper. Cook 2 to 3 minutes per side until opaque and reaching 145°F (63°C).

  2. Pour 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce and 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice into the skillet and toss for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and let cool.

  3. In a bowl, combine the shredded napa cabbage and shredded carrot. Set aside.

  4. In another bowl, whisk the peanut butter, 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce, sesame oil, hot sauce, 3 minced garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon grated ginger, seasoned with salt and black pepper. Add a splash of water to loosen to a dipping consistency.

  5. Soak one rice paper sheet at a time in a shallow dish of warm water for 10 to 15 seconds until pliable, then lay it flat on a clean damp board.

  6. Place some shrimp and some cabbage-carrot mixture on the lower third of each sheet. Fold in the sides and roll tightly into a summer roll. Repeat with the remaining sheets.

  7. Cut each roll in half on a diagonal and serve with the peanut sauce for dipping.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shrimp + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together182 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

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

  3. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pepper + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,555 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,080 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

Flavor stand-ins for the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, olive, pepper, carrot, garlic, ginger, sauce):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, olive, pepper, carrot, garlic, ginger, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).