Name: Cuban Caserola De Camarones Enchilados
Ingredients: 2 cups shrimp, cooked and peeled; 2 cups crushed canned tomatoes; 1 white onion, minced; 1 green pepper, chopped; 1 garlic clove, pressed; 2 tablespoons butter; Salt and pepper to taste; 2 cups cooked white rice

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

Cuban Caserola De Camarones Enchilados

Oven375°F

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sauce

Sauté the onion, garlic and green pepper in the butter.
Add the shrimp, salt and pepper.
Stir in the canned tomatoes.
Add the cooked rice.

Bake

Place in casserole dish and bake at 375 for 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

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

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,065 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 recipes

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

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 and savory seafood flavor of the casserole.
Canned tomatoes: Supply moisture and acidity that form the base of the sauce.
White onion: Adds sweetness and aromatic depth when sautéed in butter.
White rice: Absorbs the tomato sauce and gives the casserole body and bulk.
Butter: Adds fat and richness and helps soften the vegetables while sautéing.

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

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

Thymebetter flavor fit
Parsleybetter flavor fit
Cuminbetter flavor fit
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, tomato, onion, pepper, garlic, butter, rice. 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.