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Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos with Salsa Creme & Broccoli Slaw

Fish tacos loaded with broccoli slaw and salsa creme sauce!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos with Salsa Creme & Broccoli Slaw

Why it works: Lime and pepper 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 ↓

Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos with Salsa Creme & Broccoli Slaw

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

849Calories
33 gProtein
53 gFat
68 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Salmon100g cooked208
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Taconot 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 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Broccoli + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together287 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Lime + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Broccoli + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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 (broccoli, white wine, vinegar, lime, pepper, olive, corn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, white wine, vinegar, lime, pepper, olive, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.