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Skinny Mango Margarita

A light, refreshing, sweet, low-calorie mango-flavored margarita.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Skinny Mango Margarita

Why it works: Mango and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Skinny Mango Margarita

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

221Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Mango + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Orange and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (mango, lime, sugar):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

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