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Stuffed Crabs and Gratin of Chayotes

A dish of cooked crabs stuffed with a seasoned mixture of onion, herbs, soaked bread, and chayote, topped with breadcrumbs and baked.

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Why it works: Thyme and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Stuffed Crabs and Gratin of Chayotes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Open the crabs, remove the inside and collect the meat caught in the cartilage.

  2. Brown the minced onion, crab, herbs, and soaked bread in olive oil. Add salt and lime.

  3. Stir over a low heat so as to dry up the mixture, which needs to be quite compact.

Stuff and bake

  1. Pour the mixture into the crabs' shells and sprinkle the breadcrumbs.

  2. Brown for a while in the oven.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

882Calories
42 gProtein
25 gFat
122 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Crab100g cooked97
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)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.

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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. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Thyme + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

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

  3. Parsley + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 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

Crab
Provides the main meat that forms the body of the filling.
Soft bread
Soaked in milk, it binds the filling and keeps it moist.
Onion
Adds sweetness and aroma when browned in olive oil.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, golden topping when browned in the oven.

The step that matters

Drying the filling over low heat. The mixture must be stirred over low heat until compact. If it stays wet, it will be loose, spill out of the shells and bake up soggy rather than holding its shape.

Swap the thyme

The recipe marks thyme as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, onion, bread, milk, parsley, lime, olive):

  1. Garlicfits about as well
  2. Thymethe original
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Cuminfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, onion, bread, milk, parsley, lime, olive. 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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