Name: Florida’s Captain Seafood Feast
Prep time: 11 min
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 Tablespoons FOR THE SEAFOOD FEAST:; 3 Tablespoons Sea Salt, Divided; 1-½ teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning, Divided; 48 ounces, weight Smoked Paprika, Divided; 16 ounces, weight Fresh Or Frozen King Crab Legs (I Use Seafood Market); 2 Tablespoons Fresh Or Frozen Large/Jumbo Shrimp (I Use Seafood Market); 1 Tablespoon Sweet Cream Butter (for Saute Of Sea Scallops); 16 ounces, weight Canola Oil (for Saute Sea Scallops); 1 Tablespoon Fresh Or Frozen Sea Scallops (I Use Seafood Market); 1 Tablespoon Black Pepper (for Sea Scallops); 3 leaves Your Favorite Hot Sauce (for Sea Scallops); 1 stick Fresh Parsley Chopped Finely; 2 whole FOR DIPPING SAUCE:

Why it works: Crab and shrimp work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 123 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

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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.

Crab + shrimptop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together123 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Shrimp + scalloptop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together26 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Scallop + saucetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together130 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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Florida’s Captain Seafood Feast