Name: Radish, Arugula, and Red Onion Salad with Tangerines
Yield: Makes 6 first-course servings
Ingredients: 2 tangerines (such as Pixie or Satsuma); 2 tablespoons finely chopped radishes plus 12 large radishes (such as French Breakfast), trimmed, very thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon chopped red onion plus 1/2 cup thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons fresh Meyer lemon juice or regular lemon juice; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; Coarse kosher salt; 1 medium fennel bulb, quartered lengthwise with core intact, very thinly sliced lengthwise; 3 cups (packed) arugula; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint

Why it works: Lemon and fennel match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 723 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Radish, Arugula, and Red Onion Salad with Tangerines

Makes 6 first-course servings

Ingredients

2 tangerines (such as Pixie or Satsuma)
2 tablespoons finely chopped radishes plus 12 large radishes (such as French Breakfast), trimmed, very thinly sliced
1 tablespoon chopped red onion plus 1/2 cup thinly sliced
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons fresh Meyer lemon juice or regular lemon juice
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse kosher salt
1 medium fennel bulb, quartered lengthwise with core intact, very thinly sliced lengthwise
3 cups (packed) arugula
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

207Calories

3 gProtein

14 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Fennel Bulb	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Tangerine	not in our table	0
Satsuma	not in our table	0
Peppermint	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 epicurious. 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.

Lemon + fenneltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together723 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + fenneltop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,344 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Fennel + minttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together168 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 tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (radish, onion, lemon, olive, fennel, arugula, mint):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Orangefits better
Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against radish, onion, lemon, olive, fennel, arugula, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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