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Sea Bass with Chinese Five-spice, Lentils and Mushroom Fricassée

The sea bass skin is seasoned with Chinese five-spice and fried until crisp to add contrast to the soft lentils and mushrooms.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 25 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sea Bass with Chinese Five-spice, Lentils and Mushroom Fricassée

Serves 4
Prep30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1130Calories
60 gProtein
31 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 19 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Chervilnot in our table0

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.

  1. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Lentils + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Lentils + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together633 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 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 cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lentils, shallot, carrot, garlic, chicken, parsley, butter):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lentils, shallot, carrot, garlic, chicken, parsley, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.