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Crab and Noodle Cakes with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise

"Divine crab cakes that are so easy to prepare! Good if you are looking for something simple that is just a little different."

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Crab and Noodle Cakes with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Crab and Noodle Cakes with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise

6 crab cakes
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

934Calories
29 gProtein
22 gFat
154 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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 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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Pasta + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Olive + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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 (pasta, egg, bread, olive, pepper, lime):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, egg, bread, olive, pepper, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.