Name: Summer Grilled Coconut-Lime White Fish Packets
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1-½ cup Corn Kernels, Fresh Or Frozen (for 1 1/2 Cup Fresh You'll Need Roughly 2 Ears); 1 Shallot, Halved And Thinly Sliced; 2 cloves Garlic, Minced; 1 Zucchini, Halved And Thinly Sliced; 3 Tablespoons Canola Oil; ½ cups Light Coconut Milk; 1 Tablespoon Lime Zest; 8 ounces, weight Cod Or Other White Fish (such As Haddock Or Halibut); 1 Tablespoon Fresh Cilantro, Chopped

Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Summer Grilled Coconut-Lime White Fish Packets

Serves 2

Prep20 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1-½ cup Corn Kernels, Fresh Or Frozen (for 1 1/2 Cup Fresh You'll Need Roughly 2 Ears)
1 Shallot, Halved And Thinly Sliced
2 cloves Garlic, Minced
1 Zucchini, Halved And Thinly Sliced
3 Tablespoons Canola Oil
½ cups Light Coconut Milk
1 Tablespoon Lime Zest
8 ounces, weight Cod Or Other White Fish (such As Haddock Or Halibut)
1 Tablespoon Fresh Cilantro, Chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

978Calories

78 gProtein

59 gFat

37 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Halibut	100g cooked	140
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Haddock	100g cooked	112
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together934 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together773 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,677 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together258 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, shallot, garlic, canola oil, coconut, milk, lime):

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Cuminfits better
Turmericfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, shallot, garlic, canola oil, coconut, milk, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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