Name: Creamy Shrimp Cocktail Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 container (8 Oz Size) Neufchatel Cream Cheese, Softened; 1 bag (12 Oz Size) Frozen Peeled, De-Veined And Cooked Shrimp, Thawed; ⅔ cups Ketchup; 2 teaspoons Horseradish Sauce, Plus More To Taste As Needed; ¼ cups Shredded Parmesan Cheese; 2 Green Onions, Sliced

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Creamy Shrimp Cocktail Dip

Serves 12

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 container (8 Oz Size) Neufchatel Cream Cheese, Softened
1 bag (12 Oz Size) Frozen Peeled, De-Veined And Cooked Shrimp, Thawed
⅔ cups Ketchup
2 teaspoons Horseradish Sauce, Plus More To Taste As Needed
¼ cups Shredded Parmesan Cheese
2 Green Onions, Sliced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

374Calories

38 gProtein

18 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Horseradish	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

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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.

Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,099 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together311 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Horseradish + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,784 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ketchup + horseradishtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together223 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Shrimp + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together364 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, shrimp, ketchup, horseradish, sauce, parmesan cheese):

Mustardfits better
Chivefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, shrimp, ketchup, horseradish, sauce, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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