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Salmon with Sweet & Sour Noodle Salad

A spicy Asian salad with crunchy vegetables, egg noodles and heaps of fresh coriander

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Salmon with Sweet & Sour Noodle Salad

Why it works: Onion and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Salmon with Sweet & Sour Noodle Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

885Calories
33 gProtein
46 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Coriandernot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Carrot + sesametop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together641 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, onion, rice wine, vinegar, sugar, sesame, egg):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, rice wine, vinegar, sugar, sesame, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.