Name: Smokey Clamicken Chowder
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 3 quarts
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 onion, diced; 2 carrots, chopped; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 (48 fluid ounce) can chicken broth; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 2 teaspoons garlic and herb seasoning blend; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning; 1 small head broccoli, cut into florets; 1 1/2 cups half-and-half; 1 potato, cubed; 2 (6.5 ounce) cans chopped clams; 1/2 pound roasted chicken thigh meat, diced; 1/4 cup butter, cubed; 1 cup coarsely shredded smoked cheddar cheese (optional)

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,873 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, onion, carrot, celery, flour, chicken):

Cuminfits better
Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, onion, carrot, celery, flour, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	not in our table	0

Smokey Clamicken Chowder