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Grecian Cream of Rice Lemon Soup

Light and delicious creamy soup.

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Why it works: Rice and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,283 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Finely grate the zest from both lemons, then cut them in half and squeeze out the juice.

  2. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the rice, and simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes until tender. Drain well.

  3. In a separate large pot over medium heat, stir the cream of chicken soup with a splash of water until smooth and warm.

  4. Stir in the whole milk and light cream, heating gently until steaming. Do not let it boil.

  5. Add the cooked rice, oregano, parsley, and black pepper, then stir to combine.

  6. Stir in the lemon juice and zest, then simmer gently for about 5 minutes. Adjust with more lemon or pepper to taste and serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rice + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Rice + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  5. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, cream, chicken, lemon, milk, parsley, pepper):

  1. Celerybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, cream, chicken, lemon, milk, parsley, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).