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Grilled Wasabi Salmon

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Why it works: Salmon and wasabi work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 76 recipes mention both. Both carry eugenol, which smells clove, spicy. The science ↓

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

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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. Salmon + wasabitop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Pepper + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + canola oiltop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Lemon + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,862 recipes

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

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 (salmon, lemon, pepper, sauce, sugar, wasabi, canola oil):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Dillabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, lemon, pepper, sauce, sugar, wasabi, canola oil. 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).