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Venezuelan Peppers with Shrimp

A sautéed shrimp dish served with Venezuelan peppers, garlic, olive oil, and bread, topped with feta cheese.

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Why it works: Eggplant and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 801 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Venezuelan Peppers with Shrimp

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Seed and cut bell peppers into thin julienne strips.

  2. Peel and cut garlic cloves into 1/4-inch chunks.

  3. Slit shrimp along the back with a sharp knife and remove the vein, but do not peel them.

  4. Set the shrimp aside.

Cook the peppers and garlic

  1. In a deep heavy skillet or sauté pan, combine 2 cups of olive oil with the red pepper strips and heat slowly, cooking gently until the peppers are extremely tender but not browned.

  2. In another skillet, pour the remaining olive oil, add the garlic pieces and stew slowly for 4–5 minutes until tender and golden.

  3. Scoop the garlic with a strainer or slotted spoon and add it to the peppers; heat the garlic oil until it ripples.

Cook the shrimp and serve

  1. Add the minced chili pepper and the shrimp to the pan.

  2. Sauté, tossing the shrimp in the oil, until they turn pink and are just done.

  3. Spoon the peppers and their oil into a serving dish, surround with the shrimp, and serve with bread.

  4. Let diners soak bread slices in the oil and pile the bread with peppers and garlic; feta cheese may be eaten with it and the shrimp goes on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

872Calories
47 gProtein
25 gFat
114 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Shrimp100g cooked99
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Eggplant + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Red bell peppers
Soften slowly in oil to become sweet and tender, forming the base of the dish.
Garlic
Turns tender and golden in oil, adding aroma and mellow sweetness.
Shrimp
Cook quickly to a firm, pink texture that contrasts with the soft peppers.
Olive oil
Carries flavor and cooks the peppers and garlic gently, and is soaked up by the bread.
Feta cheese
Adds salty, tangy richness when eaten alongside the peppers and bread.

The step that matters

Cooking the peppers gently. Heating peppers slowly in oil until tender without browning keeps their sugars from caramelizing too quickly, so they stay sweet and silky rather than scorched or bitter.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, olive, garlic, shrimp, pepper, bread, feta cheese):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, olive, garlic, shrimp, pepper, bread, feta cheese. 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.

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