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Grilled Mahi Mahi with Pineapple Salsa Recipe

An exotic fish dish, pairing grilled mahi mahi with a salsa made from peppers, onions, cilantro, pineapple, and hot pepper sauce.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,779 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Grilled Mahi Mahi with Pineapple Salsa Recipe

8 people
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

525Calories
24 gProtein
28 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 lovefood. 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. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  2. Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Pineapple + white winetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, white wine, vinegar, sauce, fish, olive):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

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