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Grilled Chilli & Coriander Salmon with Ginger Rice

For a quick and healthy dinner try this tasty salmon dish, full of fresh flavours

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Why it works: Salmon and coriander work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 683 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat 1 tbsp of the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook the onion, ginger and garlic for 3 minutes, stirring, until softened.

  2. Rinse the basmati rice, add it to the pan and stir for 1 minute. Add enough water to cover the rice generously, bring to a boil, then reduce to low.

  3. Cover and simmer for 12 minutes until the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and keep covered for 5 minutes.

  4. Heat a grill or griddle pan to medium-high. Brush the salmon fillets with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil and rub them with the chopped red chilli and most of the coriander.

  5. Grill the salmon for 4 minutes per side until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily and the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C).

  6. Fluff the rice with a fork and stir in the remaining coriander. Serve the salmon on the rice with the lime halves to squeeze over.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

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

  1. Salmon + coriandertop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together683 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,536 recipes

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

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Coriander + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,504 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, coriander, lime, olive, ginger, garlic, basmati rice):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Cucumberbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, coriander, lime, olive, ginger, garlic, basmati rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).