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Thai Taste's Thai Fish Cakes

Combining the fresh flavours of salmon with the zing of Thai spices, these fish cakes from Thai Taste not only look beautiful but taste amazing too.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Thai Taste's Thai Fish Cakes

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Thai Taste's Thai Fish Cakes

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

789Calories
52 gProtein
28 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice Bran1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Coriandernot in our table0
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 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Fish + salmontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Onion + coriandertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Fish sauce + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + limetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, salmon, haddock, coriander, sugar, fish sauce, lime):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

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