Name: Jicama-Mango Salsa Recipe
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: About 2 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 2 cups small-dice jicama; 2 cups small-dice mango (from about 2 medium mangoes); 1/2 cup finely chopped white onion (from about 1/2 medium onion); 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 2 medium limes); 2 serrano chiles , stemmed and finely chopped; Kosher salt

Why it works: Jicama and mango work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 20 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

About 2 1/2 cups

Cook20 min

Ingredients

2 cups small-dice jicama
2 cups small-dice mango (from about 2 medium mangoes)
1/2 cup finely chopped white onion (from about 1/2 medium onion)
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 2 medium limes)
2 serrano chiles, stemmed and finely chopped
Kosher salt

Directions

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By chow. 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.

Jicama + mangotop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together20 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Mango + limetop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together506 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Jicama + limetop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together80 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Mango + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together682 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + limetop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,263 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (jicama, mango, lime):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Tomatobetter flavor fit
Cucumberbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against jicama, mango, lime. 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).

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