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Fish with Cucumber Orange Relish

"I enjoy making this because it's easy and colorful! This dish is great for a light dinner on a summer day. I serve steamed veggies with this."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Fish with Cucumber Orange Relish

Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Fish with Cucumber Orange Relish

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
46 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange Roughy1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 allrecipes. 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 + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Mandarin orange + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 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 mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, apple cider vinegar, onion, dill, orange roughy, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, apple cider vinegar, onion, dill, orange roughy, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.