Name: Southwestern Chicken and White Bean Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 3/4 cups Swanson® Chicken Broth (Regular, Natural Goodness™ or Certified Organic); 1 cup Pace® Thick & Chunky Salsa; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 (16 ounce) can small white beans, rinsed and drained; 1 cup frozen whole kernel corn; 1 large onion, chopped

Why it works: Cumin and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,188 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Southwestern Chicken and White Bean Soup

6 servings

Prep15 min

Cook8 hr

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 3/4 cups Swanson® Chicken Broth (Regular, Natural Goodness™ or Certified Organic)
1 cup Pace® Thick & Chunky Salsa
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 (16 ounce) can small white beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
1 large onion, chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

439Calories

37 gProtein

19 gFat

34 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Bean	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Cumin + beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,188 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,211 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,306 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, cumin, beans, corn, onion):

Oreganofits better
Turmericfits better
Corianderfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, cumin, beans, corn, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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