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Watermelon Salsa

"A simple salsa that is sweet and just mildly spicy. This is made with watermelon, Anaheim pepper, onion and balsamic vinegar. Hotter chilies can be substituted for more spice."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Watermelon Salsa

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 ↓

Watermelon Salsa

2 cups
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

93Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Onion + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,226 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, garlic):

  1. Onionthe original
  2. Broccolifits about as well
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.