Name: Crisp California Avocado and Lobster Rolls
Ingredients: 2 California Avocados, finely diced; 2 Cups Cooked lobster meat, coarsely chopped*; 3 Tbsp Finely chopped sun-dried tomato (packed in olive oil); 3 Tbsp Finely chopped shallot; 1 ½ tsp Finely chopped garlic; 2 Tbsp Fresh lime juice; ½ tsp Salt; ¼ tsp Freshly ground pepper; 1 Egg, beaten; 12 Egg roll wrappers; As needed Olive oil; Recipe follows Dipping Sauce; For garnish, optional Lime slices; For garnish, optional Cilantro sprigs

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).
Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,385 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Avocados: Add creamy richness and moisture to the filling.
Lobster meat: Provides the main filling body and sweet, delicate flavor.
Egg: Acts as a glue, sealing the wrapper edges so the rolls hold together.
Egg roll wrappers: Form a thin, crisp shell that browns when fried.
Lime juice: Adds acidity that brightens the filling and balances richness.

The step that matters

Refrigerate the rolls before frying. Chilling firms the filling and the sealed wrapper, so the rolls hold their shape and do not tear or leak when they hit hot oil.

“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
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Egg Roll	1 large egg (50g)	78
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
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

Crisp California Avocado and Lobster Rolls