Name: Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 6 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 whole Seasoned And Cooked Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Chopped Or Shredded; 3 whole Peeled And Sliced Carrots; 6 stalks Sliced Celery; 1 whole Diced Yellow Onion; 4 cloves Finely Minced Garlic; 96 ounces, weight Chicken Stock; 4 whole Lemons, Juiced; 6 cups Kosher Salt And Fresh Cracked Pepper To Taste

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 ↓

Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup

Serves 8

Prep30 min

Cook6 hr

Ingredients

3 whole Seasoned And Cooked Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Chopped Or Shredded
3 whole Peeled And Sliced Carrots
6 stalks Sliced Celery
1 whole Diced Yellow Onion
4 cloves Finely Minced Garlic
96 ounces, weight Chicken Stock
4 whole Lemons, Juiced
6 cups Kosher Salt And Fresh Cracked Pepper To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

269Calories

34 gProtein

4 gFat

25 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,467 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, lemon, pepper):

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Marjoramfits better
Clovethe original

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

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