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Seared Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce

Flaky seared salmon, caramelized on the outside and tender on the inside and topped with a to-die-for browned butter lime sauce. Incredible! A must try!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Seared Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Seared Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

969Calories
34 gProtein
39 gFat
118 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (flour, olive, salmon, honey, butter, lime, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, olive, salmon, honey, butter, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.