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Steamed Trout with Pickled Cucumber & Rice Noodles

An English fish gets an Asian twist for this healthy, thoroughly modern meal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Steamed Trout with Pickled Cucumber & Rice Noodles

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Steamed Trout with Pickled Cucumber & Rice Noodles

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories
6 gProtein
1 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Seednot in our table0
Troutnot 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. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cucumber + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,281 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cucumber + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

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

  5. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, white wine, vinegar, sugar, mustard, rice):

  1. Horseradishfits about as well
  2. Chivefits about as well
  3. Cucumberthe original
  4. Lettucefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, white wine, vinegar, sugar, mustard, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.