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Devilish Eggs Devilish Eggs with Lime and Siracha

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 392 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Devilish Eggs Devilish Eggs with Lime and Siracha

Makes 24 deviled eggs

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
7 gProtein
6 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Egg + mustardtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,210 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Egg + limetop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,658 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (egg, mustard):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limethe original
  4. Pumpkinfits about as well

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