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Pomelo Salad

A salad of pomelo segments with shredded pork or chicken, coconut milk, nam prik pao, lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, peanuts, chillies, fried shallots, garlic.

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Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Pomelo Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove the membrane enclosing the segments of fruit, discard seeds and break the fruit into bite-sized pieces.

  2. Cut chicken or pork into fine shreds.

Make the dressing

  1. Heat coconut milk in a wok and add nam prik pao, stirring until it is thick.

  2. Stir in the shredded pork or chicken.

  3. Add lime juice, sugar and fish sauce, using 1 or 2 tablespoons depending on how salty the particular brand of fish sauce is.

  4. Remove from heat and cool the mixture slightly.

Assemble and serve

  1. Toss everything together in a bowl and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

807Calories
63 gProtein
45 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Pomelonot in our table0
Roasted Peanutnot 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. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + peanuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lime + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lime + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Peanut + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Pomelo segments
Provides the fresh, juicy, slightly bitter fruit base of the salad.
Cooked pork or chicken
Adds savoury protein and a shredded, chewy texture to the salad.
Coconut milk
Adds richness and fat that mellows the sharp lime and chilli flavours.
Nam prik pao
Supplies the sweet, smoky, savoury chilli paste base that defines the flavour.
Lime juice
Provides acidity that brightens the dressing and balances sweetness.
Fish sauce
Adds salty, savoury depth to season the dressing.

The step that matters

Adding the fish sauce. Fish sauce brands vary greatly in saltiness, so tasting and adding it gradually, starting with 1 tablespoon, prevents the salad from becoming overly salty. Seasoning should be balanced against the lime and sugar before tossing.

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, coconut, milk, lime, sugar, fish sauce, peanut):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, coconut, milk, lime, sugar, fish sauce, peanut. 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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