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Basic Guacamole Dip

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Basic Guacamole Dip

Why it works: Avocado and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,385 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Basic Guacamole Dip

7 cups
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

318Calories
6 gProtein
22 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  4. Avocado + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together800 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Tomato + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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