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Fish Tacos with Tomato and Orange Salsa

Orange, lime, jalapeño and cilantro add a quartet of bright, fresh tastes to this low-fat dish. Pacific cod, halibut or flounder would be excellent stand-ins for the salmon.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Fish Tacos with Tomato and Orange Salsa

Why it works: Pepper and lime 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 ↓

Fish Tacos with Tomato and Orange Salsa

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

523Calories
29 gProtein
18 gFat
65 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Cucumber + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

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

  3. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, pepper, cucumber, onion, lime, tomato, corn):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, pepper, cucumber, onion, lime, tomato, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.