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Orange Glazed Swordfish

"Tangy and delicious! Preparation time: 10 minutes. This recipe is from The WEBB Cooks, articles and recipes by Robyn Webb, courtesy of the American Diabetes Association."

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Orange Glazed Swordfish

Why it works: Swordfish and sauce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Orange Glazed Swordfish

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

648Calories
15 gProtein
15 gFat
111 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Swordfishnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

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. Swordfish + saucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Orange + sesametop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

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

  5. Sesame + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together924 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against swordfish, ginger, sesame, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.