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Pan-fried Smoked Salmon with Green Beans & Chives

A well-balanced meal for a supper treat

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Salmon and chive work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 343 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

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Serves 2

Ingredients

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

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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 + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together343 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Potato + green beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81 recipes

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

  3. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together611 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Mustard + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Mustard and vinegar share little aroma chemistry, yet 14,067 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, green beans, olive, salmon, sugar, white wine, vinegar):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, green beans, olive, salmon, sugar, white wine, vinegar. 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).