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Sriracha Deviled Eggs Recipe

Mitch Prensky, chef-owner at Supper in Philadelphia, shared this recipe with us. Hard-boiled egg yolks are mashed with mayonnaise, Sriracha, Dijon mustard, lime...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sriracha Deviled Eggs Recipe

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Sriracha Deviled Eggs Recipe

8 to 10 servings as an appetizer
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

137Calories
8 gProtein
6 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Daikonnot 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.

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.

  1. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Lime + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together646 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the carrot

The recipe marks carrot as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, sriracha, sauce, lime, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Horseradishfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, mustard, sriracha, sauce, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.