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Pecan Catfish with Banana Pepper Sauce

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Pecan Catfish with Banana Pepper Sauce

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pecan Catfish with Banana Pepper Sauce

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

963Calories
30 gProtein
31 gFat
144 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Relishnot in our table0
Catfishnot in our table0
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 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. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  3. Catfish + buttermilktop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  5. Shallot + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, dill, lemon, pepper, catfish, buttermilk, egg):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, dill, lemon, pepper, catfish, buttermilk, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.