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Blackened Salmon Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

A big, hearty, heaping, blackened salmon salad with creamy avocado slices, crisp bell pepper and sweet mango chunks. Now top that off with a tangy, cilantro-y dressing. Your taste buds will be doing a happy dance.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Blackened Salmon Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Blackened Salmon Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

405Calories
21 gProtein
27 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Clove + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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 (fish, salmon, olive, mustard, apple cider vinegar, garlic, sugar):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, salmon, olive, mustard, apple cider vinegar, garlic, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.