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Crab-stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

A dish of jalapeno pepper halves filled with crab mixture and breaded, then deep-fried.

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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 ↓

Crab-stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peppers

  1. Cut peppers in half lengthwise.

  2. Discard pulp and seeds and rinse carefully.

Make and stuff

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients except breading mixture.

  2. Stuff pepper halves with crab mixture and press stuffing around pepper.

  3. Set peppers aside.

Bread and fry

  1. To prepare breading mixture, place cracker meal in a flat pan; mix together milk, eggs and salt and pepper.

  2. Dip peppers in egg mixture, then in cracker meal.

  3. Repeat procedure.

  4. Deep fry at 365 degrees until golden brown.

  5. Drain well.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

390Calories
18 gProtein
16 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Jalapeno + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Flaked crabmeat
Forms the main filling, providing the savory body of the stuffing.
Eggs
Bind the breading to the peppers and set into a crisp, golden coating when fried.
Cracker meal
Creates a crunchy, browned crust that protects the pepper during frying.
Milk
Moistens the egg wash so the cracker meal adheres evenly to the peppers.

The step that matters

Deep frying the breaded peppers. Oil must be hot enough, around 365 degrees, so the coating crisps and browns quickly. If the oil is too cool, the breading absorbs grease and the filling can overcook before the crust sets.

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, onion, egg, clove, garlic, milk):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, egg, clove, garlic, milk. 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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