Name: Scallops & Shrimp Over Herbed Rice with Mustard Dill Vinaigrette
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: ½ cups Plus 1 Tablespoon Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil; 1-½ Tablespoon Dijon Mustard; 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar; 2 Tablespoons Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice; 1 Lemon, Zested; 1 clove Garlic, Minced; 1 whole Small Shallot, Minced; 2 Tablespoons Minced Fresh Dill, Divided; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided (plus More For Seasoning); ½ teaspoons Freshly-ground Black Pepper, Divided (plus More For Seasoning); 1 cup Basmati Rice; 1-¾ cup Chicken Stock; 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Parsley; ½ pounds Shrimp (I Used 31-35 Count), Peeled & Deveined; ½ pounds Scallops (I Used 20-30 Count); 1 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

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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.

Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,677 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, mustard, red wine, vinegar, clove, garlic, shallot):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Plumfits about as well
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mustard, red wine, vinegar, clove, garlic, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Scallops & Shrimp Over Herbed Rice with Mustard Dill Vinaigrette