Why it works: Snapper and ginger work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 37 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and lightly grease a baking dish large enough to hold the whole fish.
Pat the snapper dry, cut 3 shallow diagonal slashes into each side, and rub the sea salt inside the cavity and over the outside.
Mix the grated ginger with the soy sauce. Spread about half of this mixture over the fish and inside the cavity, saving the rest for the sauce.
Thinly slice the lemon and lime. Tuck half the slices and half the chopped green onions into the cavity and lay the remaining slices over the top of the fish.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C) and the flesh is opaque and flakes easily.
While the fish bakes, combine the diced tomato, the remaining green onions and the remaining ginger-soy mixture in a small bowl.
Rest the fish for 3 minutes, then transfer to a platter and spoon the tomato sauce over it before serving.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Snapper + gingertop 9% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together37 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Lime + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,289 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,621 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Ginger + lemontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,154 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Onion + tomatotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together20,622 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (snapper, ginger, tomato, lime, sauce, lemon):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Carrotbetter flavor fit
- Broccolibetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against snapper, ginger, tomato, lime, sauce, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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