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Guacamole

Creamy guacamole with a kick of Sriracha.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Guacamole

Why it works: Avocado and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,653 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Guacamole

Serves 2
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

289Calories
4 gProtein
22 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Avocado + srirachatop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Onion + srirachatop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the sriracha

The recipe marks sriracha as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, onion):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Srirachathe original

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