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Hot Spicy Shrimp with Pasta

A pasta dish featuring marinated shrimp, smoked turkey bacon, tomatoes, and a spicy sauce.

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Why it works: Garlic and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Hot Spicy Shrimp with Pasta

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a glass bowl, mix the shrimp with the garlic, lemon rind and juice, chili paste and soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper, cover and marinate for at least 1 hour.

  2. Broil the turkey bacon strips, then cut them into 1/4" dice.

  3. Put the shallot or onion and white wine into a pan, bring to a boil, cover and cook for 2–3 minutes, or until they are tender and the wine has reduced by half.

  4. Cook the pasta according to the package directions in a large pot of salted, boiling water until al dente. Drain thoroughly.

Cook and serve

  1. Put the shrimp with its marination into a large frying pan. Bring to a boil quickly and add the smoked turkey bacon and fish stock. Heat thoroughly for 1 minute.

  2. Add the pasta with the chopped tomatoes and parsley, toss quickly and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

873Calories
91 gProtein
22 gFat
69 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + clovetop 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

Shrimp
Provides the main protein, which firms and turns opaque when heated.
White wine
Adds acidity and aroma as it reduces with the shallot or onion.
Smoked turkey bacon
Adds smoky, savoury flavour and a meaty bite to the sauce.
Campanelle pasta
Carries the sauce; its shape traps the chunky ingredients for each bite.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and fresh acidity that loosens the sauce when tossed with the pasta.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows with heat.

The step that matters

Bringing the shrimp to a boil quickly. Shrimp cook fast and turn rubbery when overheated. Bringing the pan up to a boil quickly and heating for only a minute keeps the shrimp tender, which matters because they are already cooked.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, garlic, lemon, sauce, turkey, shallot, white wine):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, garlic, lemon, sauce, turkey, shallot, white wine. 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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