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Grilled Banana Salmon w/Orange Chipotle Glaze Recipe

I developed this recipe for a tropical graduation party two summers ago, abd it was a real hit. Grilled salmon paired with baby banana's sweet spicy orange glaze...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Grilled Banana Salmon w/Orange Chipotle Glaze Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

524Calories
23 gProtein
28 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Saucenot 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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Banana + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Banana + limetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together167 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, orange, pepper, sauce, lime):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Bananathe original

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