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Grilled Black Cod with Cucumbers & Ginger

At their best during the early to mid-summer months, cucumbers are refreshingly juicy and mild in flavor. Here, they’re combined with red onion and pickled ginger to create a crunchy salad that’s served atop grilled black cod.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Grilled Black Cod with Cucumbers & Ginger

Why it works: Cucumber and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 734 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Grilled Black Cod with Cucumbers & Ginger

Serves 6.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

398Calories
22 gProtein
27 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Cucumber + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Cucumber + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  4. Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

  5. Onion + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,595 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, onion, rice, vinegar, canola oil, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, onion, rice, vinegar, canola oil, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.