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Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls

These spring rolls are a perfect snack, or meal for that matter. Think of a great salad, packed with fresh herbs, in a handheld form. Serve with a sweet vinegar chili sauce, or a peanut based sauce.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Vietnamese Shrimp Spring Rolls

Serves 12
Prep40 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

523Calories
32 gProtein
15 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 16 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Seednot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Waternot 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. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Lime + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Carrot + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, lime, shrimp, carrot, pepper, cucumber, basil):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, lime, shrimp, carrot, pepper, cucumber, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.