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Spiced Soft Shell Crab with Remoulade

By bunkycooks · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Spiced Soft Shell Crab with Remoulade

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spiced Soft Shell Crab with Remoulade

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories
59 gProtein
23 gFat
115 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Crab100g cooked97
Blue Crab100g cooked97
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Remouladenot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Relishnot 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 bunkycooks. 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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Capers + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,550 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, pepper, sauce, lemon, capers, parsley, crab):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Fennelfits better
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, pepper, sauce, lemon, capers, parsley, crab. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.