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Crab and Garden Vegetable Salad with Tomatillo Avocado Dressing

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Crab and Garden Vegetable Salad with Tomatillo Avocado Dressing

Why it works: Avocado and jalapeno work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 441 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Crab and Garden Vegetable Salad with Tomatillo Avocado Dressing

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

469Calories
31 gProtein
24 gFat
41 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
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Orange Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot 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.

By whatsgabycooking. 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. Avocado + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together441 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Avocado + radishtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Crab + meattop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Radish + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

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 (avocado, pepper, radish, crab, meat, jalapeno, onion):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, pepper, radish, crab, meat, jalapeno, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.