Name: Cream of Chicken Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 cups chicken stock; 3 (900g) chicken marylands, skin removed; 1 large brown onion, chopped; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 1 medium leek, trimmed, halved, washed, chopped; 50g butter; 1/3 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup pure cream; 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Why it works: Celery and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,810 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Cream of Chicken Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 cups chicken stock
3 (900g) chicken marylands, skin removed
1 large brown onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 medium leek, trimmed, halved, washed, chopped
50g butter
1/3 cup plain flour
1/2 cup pure cream
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

824Calories

46 gProtein

22 gFat

107 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery Stalks	1 stalk (40g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

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.

Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,810 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,326 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Leek + parsleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together759 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, celery, leek, butter, flour, cream):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits about as well
Capersfits about as well
Parsleythe original

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

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