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Balsamic & Soy-cured Salmon with Green Beans

When it’s hot outside and you’ve got friends coming over, go for a fuss-free lunch like this simply salmon dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Balsamic & Soy-cured Salmon with Green Beans

Why it works: Lime and coriander 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 ↓

Balsamic & Soy-cured Salmon with Green Beans

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

355Calories
23 gProtein
14 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 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
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
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot 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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Lime + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Coriander + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + green beanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Vinegar + shallottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,374 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 (sauce, sugar, vinegar, lime, coriander, salmon, shallot):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

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