Name: Sea Bass with Sizzled Ginger, Chilli & Spring Onions
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g/5oz each, skin on and scaled; about 3 tbsp sunflower oil; large knob of ginger , peeled and shredded into matchsticks; 3 garlic cloves , thinly sliced; 3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded; bunch spring onion , shredded long-ways; 1 tbsp soy sauce

Why it works: Ginger and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sea Bass with Sizzled Ginger, Chilli & Spring Onions

Serves 6

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g/5oz each, skin on and scaled
about 3 tbsp sunflower oil
large knob of ginger , peeled and shredded into matchsticks
3 garlic cloves , thinly sliced
3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded
bunch spring onion , shredded long-ways
1 tbsp soy sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

59Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0

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.

Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,402 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Sunflower + gingertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together337 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Sunflower + clovetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together199 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, ginger, garlic, onion, sauce):

Cuminfits better
Turmericfits better
Corianderfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, ginger, garlic, onion, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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