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Coconut Shrimp with Island Rice

I love the taste of coconut with shrimp, but I’m not a fan of the battered and fried coconut shrimp. By marinating the shrimp like this you get the coconut taste without the greasiness. Now, coconut shrimp is a healthy summer dish.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Coconut Shrimp with Island Rice

Why it works: Coconut and papaya share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Coconut Shrimp with Island Rice

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

836Calories
32 gProtein
54 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Papayanot 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. Coconut + papayatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Coconut + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the papaya

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, lemon, olive, coconut, butter, pepper, rice):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Papayathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, lemon, olive, coconut, butter, pepper, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.