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Steamed Fish, Herbs, Lemon, White White Over Spinach in Plastic Wrap Pouches Recipe

I know, "Plastic Wrap Pouches," What the heck are those ... well it is a quick easy way to make a steamed fish with tons of flavor and no clean up and simple...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Steamed Fish, Herbs, Lemon, White White Over Spinach in Plastic Wrap Pouches Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

500Calories
23 gProtein
38 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  4. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

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

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, spinach, shallot, dill, parsley, lemon, pepper):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, spinach, shallot, dill, parsley, lemon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.