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Seared Scallop Tacos with Mango Salsa and Pickled Red Onions

Quick, easy and healthy scallop taco dinner idea for two. Seafood tacos topped with guacamole, mango salsa and pickled red onions.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Seared Scallop Tacos with Mango Salsa and Pickled Red Onions

Why it works: Olive and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,449 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Seared Scallop Tacos with Mango Salsa and Pickled Red Onions

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1000Calories
37 gProtein
53 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 18 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Taconot in our table0
Seednot in our table0

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. Olive + avocadotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Avocado + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together444 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Avocado + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (scallop, olive, butter, pepper, avocado, onion, corn):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

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