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Avocado Pepper Relish

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Why it works: Pepper and avocado are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,455 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Core and seed the red and yellow bell peppers, then dice them into small pieces about 1/4 inch (6 mm).

  2. Remove the stems and seeds from the jalapeño peppers, then finely chop them. Wear gloves or wash your hands well afterward.

  3. Halve the avocados, remove the pits, scoop the flesh out of the skins, and dice it into small cubes.

  4. In a bowl, combine the peppers, jalapeños, and avocado. Add the olive oil, lime juice, chopped chives, and black pepper, then stir gently to coat without mashing the avocado.

  5. Cover and refrigerate for about 15 minutes so the flavors blend. Stir once more and serve chilled.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + avocadotop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,455 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,117 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Jalapeno + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Jalapeno + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together441 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, jalapeno, avocado, olive, lime):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Lettucebetter flavor fit
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, jalapeno, avocado, olive, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).