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Salmon and Quinoa Bowls with Kale and Tahini-Yogurt Sauce

Salmon and quinoa bowls with kale and tahini-yogurt sauce.

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Why it works: Kale and tahini work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: fish, sesame (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. Kale + tahinitop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Quinoa + chickpeatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together37 recipes

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

  3. Quinoa + kaletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Chickpea + tahinitop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together150 recipes

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

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 (quinoa, kale, carrot, lemon, garlic, olive, chickpea):

  1. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, kale, carrot, lemon, garlic, olive, chickpea. 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).