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Pineapple-Sriracha Glazed Salmon Rice Bowls

Salmon is a go-to meal in my house during the summer months. To make salmon even more special—like a tropical getaway—you can’t beat this recipe for Pineapple-Sriracha Glazed Salmon Rice Bowls.

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Why it works: Sriracha and salmon share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 25 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep4 hr
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By tastykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sriracha + salmontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Garlic + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,402 recipes

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

  4. Sriracha + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together270 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Sriracha + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, sriracha, sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, salmon):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  3. Mintbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, sriracha, sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, salmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).