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Prawn Layered Salad

Solo suppers can still be a treat with this fast but flavour-packed recipe

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Prawn Layered Salad

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Prawn Layered Salad

Serves 1
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories
34 gProtein
6 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Sweetcornnot in our table0
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.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lettuce + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

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

  4. Carrot + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,606 recipes

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

  5. Lettuce + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, lettuce, sweetcorn, cucumber, tomato, ketchup, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, lettuce, sweetcorn, cucumber, tomato, ketchup, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.