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Coconut Shrimp with Sweet Chili Lime Sauce

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Why it works: Lime and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Shrimp with Sweet Chili Lime Sauce

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1112Calories
47 gProtein
48 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0

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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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. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Shrimp + coconuttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together336 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

  3. Lime + shrimptop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lime + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, shrimp, flour, egg, coconut):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Raisinfits about as well
  4. Mangofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, shrimp, flour, egg, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.