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Shrimp and Grits

Of all the shrimp and grits you can find in New Orleans, we love this version for its robust sauce and rotating cast of seasonal vegetables.

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Why it works: Shrimp and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 957 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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

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By bonappetit. 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 + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together957 recipes

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

  2. Beans + peastop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together949 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Thyme + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, peas, shrimp, shallot, garlic, chicken, thyme):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Limebetter flavor fit
  3. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, peas, shrimp, shallot, garlic, chicken, thyme. 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).