Skip to main content

Creamy Deviled Eggs with Red Onion, Capers and Dill

Spicy, creamy deviled eggs with crunchy red onion, briny capers and cool dill.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Creamy Deviled Eggs with Red Onion, Capers and Dill

Why it works: Capers and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 117 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Creamy Deviled Eggs with Red Onion, Capers and Dill

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

233Calories
25 gProtein
6 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2

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

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Capers + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Onion + caperstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Yogurt + dilltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Egg + srirachatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Onion + dilltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,639 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, yogurt, onion, capers, dill):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Srirachathe original

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