Name: Potato Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 6 slices FOR THE SOUP:; 1 cup Bacon; 6 whole Chopped Onion; 2 cans Medium-sized Potatoes (add A Couple Extra If You Like); 2 cans (10 3/4 Oz. Size) Cream Of Chicken Soup; 1 teaspoon (12 Oz. Size) Evaporated Milk; 2 teaspoons Salt

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Potato Soup

Serves 8

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

6 slices FOR THE SOUP:
1 cup Bacon
6 whole Chopped Onion
2 cans Medium-sized Potatoes (add A Couple Extra If You Like)
2 cans (10 3/4 Oz. Size) Cream Of Chicken Soup
1 teaspoon (12 Oz. Size) Evaporated Milk
2 teaspoons Salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

613Calories

48 gProtein

21 gFat

60 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
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	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.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Cream + evaporated milktop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together202 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,481 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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