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Hurry-Scurry Shrimp Curry

A shrimp curry cooked with onion, celery, apple, butter, cream of shrimp soup, sour cream, curry powder, and served over rice.

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Why it works: Onion and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,518 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Hurry-Scurry Shrimp Curry

Ingredients

Directions

Make the curry

  1. Cook onion, celery and apple in butter in large skillet until tender crisp.

  2. Stir in soup, sour cream, curry and shrimp, then heat thoroughly.

Serve

  1. Serve over fluffy rice with the following condiments: coconut, cashews, raisins and chutney.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

712Calories
48 gProtein
19 gFat
89 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Shrimp100g cooked99
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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

Explore the science

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.

  1. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Celery + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Celery + appletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream of shrimp soup
Provides the base sauce and savory shrimp flavor that the curry is built on.
Sour cream
Adds creaminess and a mild tang that softens the sauce and balances the spice.
Apple
Adds natural sweetness that offsets the curry powder and savory soup.
Shrimp
Supplies the main protein, which is already cooked and only needs heating through.

The step that matters

Heat thoroughly after adding sour cream. Sour cream can curdle or separate when it gets too hot or boils. Heating gently until the mixture is hot all the way through keeps the sauce smooth while still warming the shrimp safely.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, celery, butter, cream, shrimp, rice):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, celery, butter, cream, shrimp, rice. 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.

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