Name: Mango Avocado Salsa
Ingredients: 1 mango, peeled and chopped; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 tomato, diced; 2 avocados, peeled and chopped; 1/4 red onion, diced; 1 dash garlic salt (optional)

Why it works: Mango and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 140 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Time20-30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a medium size bowl.
Cover and chill for 20-30 minutes.

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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.

Mango + avocadotop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together140 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,030 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,385 recipes

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

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together14,075 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Mango + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together225 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Avocados: Provide creamy texture and rich fat that gives the salsa body.
Mango: Adds natural sweetness that balances the savory and tangy elements.
Tomato: Contributes moisture and fresh acidity to the chunky mixture.
Red pepper: Adds crisp texture and mild sweetness.
Red onion: Contributes sharp, pungent bite that cooling and mixing softens somewhat.

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, pepper, tomato, avocado, onion):

Corianderbetter flavor fit
Basilabout as good a flavor fit
Cuminabout as good a flavor fit
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, pepper, tomato, avocado, onion. 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.