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Spicy Jumbo Shrimp

A spicy shrimp dish simmered in tomato sauce, sherry, and soy sauce with peppers and onions.

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Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Spicy Jumbo Shrimp

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the shrimp

  1. Season the shrimp with salt, pepper, soy sauce, and lemon.

  2. Sauté quickly in olive oil.

Make the sauce

  1. Add onion, garlic, pepper, bay leaves, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, soy sauce, cumin, red pepper, and sherry to the oil.

  2. Cook over medium heat until the vegetables are soft.

Finish and serve

  1. Add the shrimp, reduce heat to low, and cook for 15 minutes.

  2. Serve with white rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

390Calories
30 gProtein
16 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Shrimp
Provides the main protein, which firms and turns opaque when cooked.
Crushed tomatoes
Supply acidity and liquid that form the body of the sauce.
Olive oil
Carries the aromatics and conducts heat for the initial sauté.
Onions
Soften and add sweetness that balances the acidity of the tomatoes.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows as it cooks in the oil.
Sherry
Adds acidity and depth of flavour to the sauce.

The step that matters

Cooking the shrimp in the sauce. Shrimp cook quickly and turn rubbery when overcooked. Cooking them over low heat for the stated time keeps them tender while the sauce thickens and flavours them.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, lemon, tomato, sauce, sherry, pepper, garlic):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, lemon, tomato, sauce, sherry, pepper, garlic. 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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