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Lime Mayo

"Great dressing for pulled pork wraps!"

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Lime Mayo

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 ↓

Lime Mayo

1 cup
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

137Calories
8 gProtein
5 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

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

  3. Onion + limetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the lime

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Mangofits less well
  4. Coconutfits less well

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