Name: California Avocado Sauced Poached Eggs
Ingredients: 12 Large tomatoes (any color); California Avocado Sauce; 4 California Avocados; 3 Tbsp Fresh lime juice; 1 Tbsp Finely chopped shallot; ¼ Cup Tequila; 2 Cups Whipping cream; 2 Tbsp Unsalted butter, softened; 2 tsp Salt; 1/5 tsp Freshly ground pepper; Spicy Hash; 1 ½ quarts Diced (1/4 inch) cooked potato; 2 ¼ Cups Diced (1/4 inch) red bell pepper; 2 ¼ Cups Diced (1/4 inch) green bell pepper; 2 ¼ Cups Diced (1/4 inch) onion; ¾ Cup Dice (1/8 inch) celery; As needed Salt; As needed Unsalted butter and/or vegetable oil; ¾ Pound Tasso ham or hot Andouille sausage,1/4-inch diced; 24 Eggs; As needed Salt; As needed Freshly ground pepper; As needed for garnish Sliced California Avocado

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 ↓

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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 + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,385 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Avocado + shallottop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together77 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Lime + shallottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together258 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Avocados: Give the sauce a creamy, smooth body and rich flavor.
Whipping cream: Adds richness and a silky texture to the avocado sauce.
Eggs: Set when steamed, forming the soft, runny centre of each serving.
Tomatoes: Form firm shells that hold the egg and add moisture and acidity.
Potatoes (in the method): Bulk out the hash and give it a soft, starchy interior.
Tasso ham or andouille sausage: Adds smoky, savory flavor and browning to the hash.

The step that matters

Steaming the eggs to doneness. Eggs cooked in a tomato shell set quickly, so the whites can turn firm before the yolk reaches the desired texture. Checking early keeps the yolk runny or lightly set as intended.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, sauce, lime, shallot, cream, butter, pepper):

Chivefits better
Kalefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, sauce, lime, shallot, cream, butter, pepper. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

California Avocado Sauced Poached Eggs