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Steam Salmon W Blackbean Sauce

This is a very classic Chinese steam fish dish. It gives a richer flavor than the ginger+spring onions+soy sauce version. You can replace salmon with any fish you like. Hope you will like it!!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Steam Salmon W Blackbean Sauce

Why it works: Clove and ginger 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 ↓

Steam Salmon W Blackbean Sauce

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1011Calories
43 gProtein
29 gFat
141 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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 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. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Beans + clovetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together908 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  4. Beans + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together609 recipes

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

  5. Corn + gingertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the ginger

The recipe marks ginger as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, beans, clove, sauce, corn, flour, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Capersfits about as well
  3. Jalapenofits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

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