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Ginger Snapper

"Perfect if you're looking for a fast fish dinner without a long marinating time."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and snapper work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 37 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C). Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.

  2. In a bowl, whisk the soy sauce, honey, minced ginger root and minced garlic until the honey dissolves.

  3. Place the snapper fillet skin side down in the prepared dish. Pour about half of the soy mixture over the fish and spread it evenly.

  4. Refrigerate the fish for 10 minutes while the oven heats fully.

  5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C) or the flesh is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

  6. Spoon the remaining soy mixture over the fish from the dish and let it rest for 2 minutes.

  7. Cut the fillet into portions and serve with the pan juices spooned over.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Ginger + snappertop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Ginger + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,402 recipes

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

  3. Sauce + snappertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Honey + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Garlic + snappertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, honey, ginger, snapper):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Turmericabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, honey, ginger, snapper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).