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Asian Squash Salad with Crispy Duck

This warm salad with rich, tender duck meat and crispy skin is perfect to big up incredible spiced roasted squash. I love it served on a big platter and dressed at the very last minute.

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Asian Squash Salad with Crispy Duck

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Asian Squash Salad with Crispy Duck

4-6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

712Calories
22 gProtein
56 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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 jamieoliver. 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  4. Butternut squash + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Cinnamon + butternut squashtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, mint, coriander, cinnamon, butternut squash, olive, lime):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, mint, coriander, cinnamon, butternut squash, olive, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.