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Cajun-style Deviled Eggs

A slightly spicy southern-style deviled egg made with Cajun seasoning and topped with shrimp. Perfect for your next holiday party.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cajun-style Deviled Eggs

Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Cajun-style Deviled Eggs

Serves 10
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

183Calories
30 gProtein
6 gFat
1 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Mustard + shrimptop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together491 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  3. Vinegar + shrimptop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together862 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  4. Egg + shrimptop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  5. Egg + mustardtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,210 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, vinegar, shrimp):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Cucumberfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, vinegar, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.