Name: Jalapeño Tartar Sauce Recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise; 1 jalapeño pepper , seeded and finely diced; 3 tablespoons finely chopped capers; 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 2 medium lemons); 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle; 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallion (from about 1 medium scallion, white and light green parts only); 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Jalapeño Tartar Sauce Recipe

1 1/2 cups

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise
1 jalapeño pepper , seeded and finely diced
3 tablespoons finely chopped capers
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 2 medium lemons)
2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle
1 tablespoon finely chopped scallion (from about 1 medium scallion, white and light green parts only)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

102Calories

8 gProtein

6 gFat

7 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Capers + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together117 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Capers + lemontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,222 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the capers

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, lemon, dill):

Parsleyfits better
Fennelfits better
Marjoramfits better
Capersthe original

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

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