Cook with Milkfish
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Le Creuset Skillet 9-inch
Smaller enameled skillet — eggs, single steak, side dishes
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Le Creuset Skillet 9-inch
Smaller enameled skillet — eggs, single steak, side dishes
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Fish & Shellfish by James Peterson
Complete seafood technique — filleting, sauces, species guide
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About
The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. (About seven extinct species in five additional genera have been reported. ) The Hawaiian name is awa, without initial glottal stop, not to be confused with ‘awa, with initial glottal stop, the name for Kava (Piper methysticum).
Aroma profile
Derived from flavor compounds · verified measured labels + GNN ensemble predictions
0×16
odorless×7
odor_active×6
1×5
2×4
3×3
4×3
no aroma×2
Flavor compounds
35 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
Source & License
Source
FooDB
License
CC-BY-NC
Source page
Imported
4/17/2026, 3:59:34 PM
Verification
Multi-layer verified