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Catfish and Shrimp Soup

A tomato-based soup featuring catfish, shrimp, onions, garlic, and aromatics, finished with coriander and lemon.

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Why it works: Shrimp and catfish work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 10 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Time45 minutes

Ingredients

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

Directions

Make the broth

  1. In large pot, heat oil.

  2. Saute onion and garlic until onions are transparent.

  3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and bay leaf.

  4. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.

  5. Add water, wine and clam juice.

  6. Simmer uncovered 45 minutes.

Add the seafood and serve

  1. Add shrimp, catfish, salt and pepper.

  2. Cook 10 minutes, or until catfish flakes easily.

  3. Remove bay leaf.

  4. Garnish each serving with chopped coriander and lemon slices.

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Explore the science

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.

  1. Shrimp + catfishtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Clam + shrimptop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 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

Tomato paste
Concentrates tomato flavor and adds depth and color to the broth.
Onion
Builds a sweet, savory base as it softens in the hot oil.
Catfish fillet
Provides the main flaky protein that turns tender as it cooks in the broth.
Shrimp
Adds sweet seafood flavor and a tender texture to the soup.
White wine
Adds acidity and aroma that brighten the broth as it simmers.
Clam juice
Adds savory seafood flavor to the broth.

The step that matters

Cook the catfish until it flakes easily. Catfish overcooks quickly and turns dry and tough once it passes the point of flaking. Checking for easy flaking at the end of the 10 minutes helps keep the fish moist and tender.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, tomato, white wine, clam, shrimp, catfish):

  1. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, tomato, white wine, clam, shrimp, catfish. 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.

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