Name: Crab-stuffed Eggs
Ingredients: 8 hard-boiled eggs; 4-6 ounces crabmeat or surimi; 2 tablespoons sour cream; 1 teaspoon tomato paste; Tabasco sauce; salt and pepper; 16 shrimp; fresh dill sprigs

Why it works: Pepper and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Crab-stuffed Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Chop up the crab meat.

Make the filling

Peel and half the eggs, remove the yolks, mix the yolks with the sour cream, tomato paste, and Tabasco.
Add salt and pepper to taste, then fold in the crab meat.

Stuff and garnish

Stuff the eggs with this mixture, garnish with the shrimp and some dill.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories

49 gProtein

7 gFat

14 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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

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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.

Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + dilltop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together511 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,469 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg yolks: Form the creamy base of the filling, giving it richness and body.
Sour cream: Adds moisture and tang, keeping the yolk filling smooth and spreadable.
Crabmeat or surimi: Supplies the main seafood flavor and tender, flaky texture to the filling.
Tomato paste: Adds concentrated savory depth and a little acidity to the filling.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cream, sauce, pepper, shrimp, dill):

Capsicumfits better
Horseradishfits better
Spinachfits better
Tomatothe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.