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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mackerel Run Down

Ingredients

Directions

  1. To remove some of the salt from the mackerel, soak in water overnight or boil in hot water for 30 minutes. (A combination of this can be done if the mackerel is still salty.)

  2. Drain water of the mackeral and cut into small pieces.

  3. Combine milk and water in a frying pan and boil until it looks oily.

  4. Add the markeral and cover the pot. Cook for 10-12 minutes on medium heat.

  5. Add and stir the onion, garlic, escallion, tomatoes, scotch bonnet pepper, thyme and vinegar.

  6. Add Salt and Pepper to taste

  7. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

  8. Serve with green bananas, yam, roast breafruit and dumplings, if available.

  9. Category:Jamaican Recipes

  10. Category:Jamaican Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

366Calories
6 gProtein
28 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Mackerelnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Scotchnot 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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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, clove, tomato, thyme, pepper, vinegar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, clove, tomato, thyme, pepper, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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