Name: Avocado Shrimp Salsa
Ingredients: 2 Genuine California avocados sliced into small pieces.; 2 tomatoes diced.; 1 can chopped jalepeno mild-med or hot.; 6 green onions chopped.; 1 bunch of cilantro choped; 1 8oz cans of tomato sauce, 2 if you want it thick.; 1 med cucumber diced into about 1/2" pieces.; ½ Pound bay shrimp.

Why it works: Avocado and shrimp work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 277 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

2 Genuine California avocados sliced into small pieces.
2 tomatoes diced.
1 can chopped jalepeno mild-med or hot.
6 green onions chopped.
1 bunch of cilantro choped
1 8oz cans of tomato sauce, 2 if you want it thick.
1 med cucumber diced into about 1/2" pieces.
½ Pound bay shrimp.

Directions

Make the salsa

Put all the ingredients except the avocados and shrimp into a blender, add water to the top, and blend until chopped.
Pour the mixture into a bowl.
Add the avocado and bay shrimp, then stir.

Chill and serve

Refrigerate for an hour or so to chill.
Have plenty of good chips.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Avocado + shrimptop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together277 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).
Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,385 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Avocado + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together299 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Tomato + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Avocado + oniontop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1,653 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 a soft, buttery texture to the salsa.
Tomatoes: Provide juicy moisture and bright, slightly acidic flavor to the salsa base.
Tomato sauce: Adds liquid and body, thickening the salsa when used in larger amounts.
Bay shrimp: Contributes mild, sweet seafood flavor and tender protein to the salsa.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, tomato, sauce, cucumber, shrimp):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Lettucebetter flavor fit
Chivebetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, tomato, sauce, cucumber, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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.