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Best Ever Shrimp Dip

"This creamy shrimp dip is great with chips, crackers or bread. It's always the first thing to go at any party!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Best Ever Shrimp Dip

Why it works: Onion and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,518 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Best Ever Shrimp Dip

4 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

326Calories
34 gProtein
16 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6

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

By allrecipes. 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. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Cream cheese + shrimptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together183 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Onion + shrimptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Celery + shrimptop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together812 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, onion, shrimp):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Celerythe original

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