Name: Guacamole Sans Cilantro Recipe
Yield: About 6 cups
Ingredients: 9 large avocados (about 3 pounds); 1 medium Roma tomato (about 1/4 pound), finely chopped; 2 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions; 1 to 2 medium serrano chiles, seeded and minced; 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice; 1 tablespoon kosher salt

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Guacamole Sans Cilantro Recipe

About 6 cups

Ingredients

9 large avocados (about 3 pounds)
1 medium Roma tomato (about 1/4 pound), finely chopped
2 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions
1 to 2 medium serrano chiles, seeded and minced
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon kosher salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

317Calories

6 gProtein

22 gFat

32 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Salt	1 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.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,385 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Tomato + limetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,878 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, lime):

Kalefits better
Lettucefits better
Sweet potatofits better
Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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