Miso-baked Black Cod

Name: Miso-baked Black Cod
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 tbsp white miso; 6 tbsp sake; 2 garlic; 10g/¼oz fresh root ginger; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tbsp rice wine; 4 x 200g/7oz thick black cod; splash vegetable oil; 2 limes; micro salad; 6 tbsp sesame seeds; ½ tsp sugar; 2 tbsp seasoned soy sauce; 2 tbsp liquid dashi seasoning; 2 good splashes of citrus juice, such as yuzu lemon juice; a dash of Japanese sansho pepper (use white pepper; 600g/1lb 5oz choi sum (you could also use pak choi

If you can’t get hold of the deliciously meaty black cod fish, you can use a cheaper fish such as pollock. In the Hairy Bikers Far East programme Si and Dave didn’t have an oven on location, so they fried the fish. It can be either baked or fried.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients

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Why it works: Miso and sesame work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 121 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Miso-baked Black Cod

Serves 4

Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

844Calories

28 gProtein

42 gFat

76 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Sake	1 oz (30ml)	39
Miso	1 tbsp (18g)	34
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salad	not in our table	0
Citrus Juice	not in our table	0
Yuzu	not in our table	0

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

By bbcfood. 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.

Miso + sesametop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together121 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,621 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,531 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Miso + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together128 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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