Name: Salmon Burgers with Cilantro Mayo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound FOR THE SALMON BURGERS:; 1 whole Fresh Salmon Filet, Skin Removed And Finely Chopped; 2 cloves Shallot, Finely Chopped; 2 Tablespoons Garlic, Finely Minced; 2 Tablespoons Green Onions, Sliced; 1 teaspoon Fresh Cilantro, Chopped; 1 cup Fresh Ginger, Grated; 2 Tablespoons Panko Bread Crumbs; 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce; 1 teaspoon Fish Sauce; 1 whole Lemon Zest; ½ teaspoons Large Egg, Lightly Beaten; ½ teaspoons Sea Salt; ½ teaspoons Black Pepper; 2 Tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes; 4 whole Vegetable Oil; 4 leaves Hamburger Rolls; 1 whole Lettuce, For Burger; 1 cup Tomato, Sliced, For Burger; ¼ cups FOR THE CILANTRO MAYO:; 1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise; ¼ cups Sour Cream; ½ teaspoons Lime Juice

Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,677 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

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 (salmon, shallot, garlic, onion, ginger, bread, sauce):

Capersfits better
Turmericfits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, shallot, garlic, onion, ginger, bread, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Salmon Burgers with Cilantro Mayo