Shrimp Delight

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,172 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

3. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,769 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

4. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,065 recipes

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

5. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,719 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Raw rice

Absorbs liquid from the soup and tomatoes as it bakes, becoming the tender body of the casserole.

Creamy chicken mushroom soup

Provides moisture and a creamy sauce that binds the rice and shrimp together.

Shrimp

Supplies the main protein, which cooks through in the oven and firms up in the sauce.

Oleo

Fat that sautés the onion, bell pepper and shrimp, carrying flavor into the dish.

Tomatoes with green chilies

Adds acidity and a mild heat that brightens the creamy sauce.

The step that matters

Swap the parsley

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

1. Garlicfits better
2. Thymefits better
3. Celeryfits better
4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, rice, chicken, mushroom, tomato, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.