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Vodka Peppered Citrus Glazed Salmon and a Simple Mango Salsa Recipe

This has hints of the caribbean with the mango but also a hit of heat with the pepper jelly. It is a bold sense of flavors, but served over a very simple jasmine...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and cumin share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Vodka Peppered Citrus Glazed Salmon and a Simple Mango Salsa Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

588Calories
26 gProtein
29 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Vodkanot in our table0
Seednot 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.

By chow. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Shallot + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Orange + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Cumin + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Pepper + mangotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together471 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Pepper + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, vodka, pepper, orange, cumin, olive, mango):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, vodka, pepper, orange, cumin, olive, mango. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.