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Sole Goujons with Thai Sauce

Place a basket of crispy fish fingers in the middle of the table so that everyone can help themselves, for a casual starter

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Sole Goujons with Thai Sauce

Why it works: Green beans and garlic work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 197 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sole Goujons with Thai Sauce

Serves 6
Prep25 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

769Calories
35 gProtein
15 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Syrupnot 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. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sunflower + clovetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together199 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sunflower + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Sunflower + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, sunflower, flour, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, clove):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

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