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Thai Grilled Shrimp with Black Pepper Sauce - Steamy Kitchen Recipes

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Thai Grilled Shrimp with Black Pepper Sauce - Steamy Kitchen Recipes

Why it works: Cucumber and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,556 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Thai Grilled Shrimp with Black Pepper Sauce - Steamy Kitchen Recipes

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

737Calories
29 gProtein
55 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot 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 steamykitchen. 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. Cucumber + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Cucumber + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Cucumber + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, sugar, rice, vinegar, pepper, sauce, garlic):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, sugar, rice, vinegar, pepper, sauce, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.