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Shrimp Salad with Mango Dressing

A shrimp salad tossed with mango dressing, pineapple, tomato, and red onion.

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Why it works: Mango and shrimp share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 90 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare the dressing

  1. Puree peeled mango with lime juice and reserve.

Cook and assemble

  1. In a saucepan, combine shrimp, chicken stock, chili powder, and hot sauce and cook until shrimp are done.

  2. Remove from heat, then add tomatoes, pineapple, and onion.

  3. Chill, then arrange on lettuce and spoon mango dressing over it.

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Explore the science

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.

  1. Mango + shrimptop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Mango + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Mango + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Chicken + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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, setting firm and tender when cooked through.
Mango
Adds sweetness and body to the dressing as it is pureed.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the mango dressing.
Pineapple
Adds sweetness and juicy texture to the salad.
Tomato
Adds moisture and mild acidity to the salad.
Red onion
Adds sharp flavor and aroma that cuts through the sweet fruit.

The step that matters

Cooking the shrimp until done. Shrimp proteins tighten quickly when heated, so overcooking squeezes out moisture and makes them rubbery. Remove them as soon as they turn opaque and curl slightly.

Flavor stand-ins for the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, shrimp, chicken, sauce, tomato, onion, lettuce):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Limebetter flavor fit
  3. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, shrimp, chicken, sauce, tomato, onion, lettuce. 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.

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