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Crab and Rice Salad

A chilled salad of cooked rice, crabmeat, corn, peppers, and walnuts dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, and spices.

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Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Crab and Rice Salad

Time2 min

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the rice

  1. Heat rice in top of double boiler, then add oil and mix well.

  2. Add lemon juice, rind, salt, pepper and cayenne.

  3. Allow to cool to room temp.

Prepare the vegetables

  1. In medium saucepan, boil corn kernels in salted water 2 min only.

  2. Transfer to colander and rinse with cold water until corn is well chilled.

Assemble and serve

  1. When rice is cool, add remaining ingredients, except walnuts, and toss to mix well.

  2. Sprinkle walnuts on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

492Calories
10 gProtein
19 gFat
76 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  2. Rice + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked rice
Forms the bulk of the salad and holds the other ingredients together.
Olive oil
Coats the rice grains, adding moisture and richness.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour and balances the oil.
Crabmeat
Supplies the main seafood flavour and soft, flaky texture.
Corn kernels
Adds sweetness and a crisp, juicy bite.
Walnuts
Adds crunch and a toasty, nutty flavour on top.

The step that matters

Cool the rice before adding the other ingredients. Warm rice can wilt the vegetables, dull the herbs and make the oil separate or greasy. Cooling it first keeps the salad fresh and evenly coated.

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, olive, lemon, pepper, corn, chive):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Black-eyed peafits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, olive, lemon, pepper, corn, chive. 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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