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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 ↓

Fish Broth

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Clean and season fish with garlic, black pepper, lime juice, chive,thyme

  2. Peel vegetables and cut into bite sized pieces.

  3. Boil vegetables in enough water to cover. Let the habanero pepper float on top, don’t let it burst!

  4. When vegetables are half-cooked, add macaroni and when almost finished, add fish and butter to taste.

  5. Add water to make desired broth

  6. Season to taste with salt, chopped cilantro and lime juice.

  7. Category:Trinidadian Recipes

  8. Category:Trinidadian Soups

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

690Calories
29 gProtein
26 gFat
91 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macaroninot 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. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, potato, carrot, onion, tomato, butter, garlic):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, potato, carrot, onion, tomato, butter, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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