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Cucumber & Roasted Fennel Salad

I love cucumber salads! They are a wonderfully cool and crunchy complement to just about anything from the grill, and of course they’re made for ranch. This salad adds the complex sweetness of fennel and red bell pepper with the subtle spiciness of jalapenos, all roasted on the grill. A little dill brings a bright herb note to the party.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Cucumber & Roasted Fennel Salad

Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Cucumber & Roasted Fennel Salad

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

159Calories
4 gProtein
9 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4

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

By tastykitchen. 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. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Fennel + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Fennel + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, pepper, cucumber, ranch, dill):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, pepper, cucumber, ranch, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.