Name: Tampa Bay Touchdown Guacamole
Ingredients: 2 ripe genuine California avocados, seeded, peeled and coarsely mashed; 1 tsp grated lime peel; 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice; 10 drops red pepper sauce; ½ tsp coarse garlic salt; 4 oz cooked, shelled and de-veined small shrimp; 2 Tbsp chopped fresh dill leaves; 1 medium leek (white to light green part only), finely chopped

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Tampa Bay Touchdown Guacamole

Ingredients

2 ripe genuine California avocados, seeded, peeled and coarsely mashed
1 tsp grated lime peel
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
10 drops red pepper sauce
½ tsp coarse garlic salt
4 oz cooked, shelled and de-veined small shrimp
2 Tbsp chopped fresh dill leaves
1 medium leek (white to light green part only), finely chopped

Directions

Make the guacamole

In medium bowl, combine avocados, lime peel and juice, red pepper sauce and garlic salt.
Coarsely chop shrimp.
Stir in shrimp, dill and leek.

Serve

Serve with tortilla chips or cut vegetables.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

406Calories

29 gProtein

23 gFat

29 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
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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

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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.

Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Lime + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together106 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together150 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Avocados: Provide the creamy base and body that the other ingredients are mixed into.
Lime juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and slows browning of the avocado.
Shrimp: Adds protein-rich texture and savory flavor to the dip.
Leek: Adds mild onion-like aroma and a crisp bite.
Dill: Adds fresh herbal aroma that complements the shrimp.

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, lime, pepper, sauce, garlic, shrimp, dill):

Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Welsh onionfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, lime, pepper, sauce, garlic, 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.