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Creamed Salmon Au Gratin

A baked dish of salmon, bacon, rice, and cream sauce topped with breadcrumbs and paprika.

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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creamed Salmon Au Gratin

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the salmon mixture

  1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over low heat until crisp.

  2. Remove bacon from pan and drain on absorbent paper.

  3. Heat the soup and 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings.

  4. Add parsley, salmon liquid, lemon juice, and pepper sauce; cook 2 to 3 minutes.

  5. Add salmon and eggs.

Assemble and brown

  1. Pour the salmon mixture over the rice in a greased 2-quart baking dish.

  2. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs, bacon, and paprika.

  3. Brown under the broiler, watching carefully to prevent burning.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1225Calories
79 gProtein
32 gFat
147 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pink Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Soupnot in our table0
Saucenot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Pink salmon + saucetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main protein and flaky texture of the filling.
Cream of chicken soup
Forms a creamy, binding sauce that holds the filling together.
Hard-cooked eggs
Add body and richness, helping the filling set slightly when cooked.
Bacon
Adds smoky, savory flavor and fat, and crisps for a crunchy topping.
Rice
Forms the base layer that soaks up the creamy salmon mixture.
Soft breadcrumbs
Form a golden, crisp topping when broiled.

The step that matters

Broiling the topping. Breadcrumbs and paprika brown quickly under intense broiler heat, so they can scorch before the top is evenly golden. Watching closely lets the surface brown without burning the crumbs and bacon.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, chicken, pink salmon, lemon, pepper, sauce, egg):

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Tarragonfits about as well
  3. Celeryfits about as well
  4. Dillfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, chicken, pink salmon, lemon, pepper, sauce, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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