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Willy's Hot Shrimp Ceviche

A spicy shrimp ceviche cooked with lime, aji, celery, onion, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Willy's Hot Shrimp Ceviche

Timeabout 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the shrimp

  1. Sauté garlic and black pepper.

  2. Add shrimp and salt and stir.

  3. When shrimp turns color, add aji and other ingredients.

  4. Cover, lower heat, and simmer for about 10 minutes.

Taste and finish

  1. Test for flavor; longer cooking makes it spicier.

  2. Optionally add fresh garlic and diced tomatoes for color.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
27 gProtein
15 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  4. Celery + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

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

  5. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 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 as it cooks.
Limes
Adds sharp acidity that brightens the dish and firms the seafood's surface.
Aji chombo
Supplies heat and fruity aroma; longer cooking intensifies its spiciness.
Garlic powder
Adds savory aroma when sautéed in oil at the start of cooking.

The step that matters

Simmering the shrimp. Shrimp proteins tighten and toughen with prolonged heat, so covering, lowering the heat and checking timing keeps them tender and juicy.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, onion, lime, garlic, pepper):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, onion, lime, garlic, pepper. 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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