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Lemon-Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Cooked on a Himalayan salt plate over an outdoor grill, shrimp emerge perfectly seasoned with a subtle hint of salt. Be sure to remove the skewers immediately after the shrimp are done; otherwise, they may become too salty.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Lemon-Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Why it works: Garlic and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Lemon-Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

243Calories
25 gProtein
14 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  4. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, olive, garlic, chive, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Mangofits less well

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