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Chinese Steamed Bass with Cabbage

Full of flavour and void of guilt, this low-fat fish dish is full of omega 3 and counts as 1 of your 5-a-day. A perfect mid week meal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chinese Steamed Bass with Cabbage

Why it works: Ginger and clove 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 ↓

Chinese Steamed Bass with Cabbage

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

365Calories
22 gProtein
27 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 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
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Green Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Sunflower + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

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

Swap the cabbage

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

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

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