Name: Chinese-style Battered Sea Bass
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 50g/1¾oz cornflour; 100g/3½oz plain flour; 100ml/3½fl oz lager; about 50ml/1¾oz sparkling water; , for deep frying vegetable oil; 2 sea bass; sweet chilli sauce

Why it works: Flour and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 8,078 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chinese-style Battered Sea Bass

Serves 4

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

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By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Flour + saucetop 18% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together8,078 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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