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Catfish and Plantain Pepper Soup

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Why it works: Pepper and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Catfish and Plantain Pepper Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the catfish with salt and hot water to remove the slime.

  2. Blend together the chile pepper, fresh pepper, ehuru, uda, and other spices.

  3. Heat a pot of water over the fire. Add plantain, and allow to cook for a few minutes.

  4. Add the catfish, spice mixture, ground crayfish, onions, seasoning cubes, and salt. Let simmer for about 10–15 minutes.

  5. Add the scent leaf and utazi.

  6. Remove from heat, and serve hot.

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

56Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 9 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Catfishnot in our table0
Soupnot in our table0
Plantainnot in our table0
Crayfishnot in our table0
Leafnot 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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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. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  2. Catfish + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together175 recipes

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

  3. Catfish + crayfishtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7 recipes

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

  4. Crayfish + oniontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Pepper + crayfishtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (catfish, pepper, crayfish):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits about as well
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Tomatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against catfish, pepper, crayfish. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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