Name: Crawfish Boil Recipe
Yield: 10 to 15 servings
Ingredients: 1 (35-pound) sack live crawfish; 1 (12-ounce) bottle; 1 to 2 (26-ounce) boxes of table salt; 3 ounces; (3/4 of a 4-ounce bottle); 3 ounces cayenne pepper; 8 to 10 medium new potatoes, such as Red Bliss or Yukon gold; 4 small yellow onions, cut in half

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Crawfish Boil Recipe

10 to 15 servings

Ingredients

1 (35-pound) sack live crawfish
1 (12-ounce) bottle
1 to 2 (26-ounce) boxes of table salt
3 ounces
(3/4 of a 4-ounce bottle)
3 ounces cayenne pepper
8 to 10 medium new potatoes, such as Red Bliss or Yukon gold
4 small yellow onions, cut in half

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

213Calories

6 gProtein

1 gFat

48 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
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.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, potato):

Capsicumfits better
Carrotfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

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