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Sopa De Amendoim

A hearty soup of beef, chicken, and peanut butter with spices.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Sopa De Amendoim

Time1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak salt beef in water for 1 hour; then drain.

  2. In saucepan, heat oil and saute onion over medium-high heat.

  3. Add garlic, and stir for about 30 seconds.

Simmer the soup

  1. Add beef and chicken stock and bring to a boil.

  2. Let simmer until beef is tender (1 hour).

  3. Add chicken and simmer for 40 more minutes, stirring frequently.

  4. Whisk in peanut butter, then add sugar, jalapeno, salt, cayenne pepper, and cumin.

  5. Simmer 25-30 minutes and serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

815Calories
66 gProtein
47 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  3. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Garlic + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Peanut butter
Thickens the broth and adds rich, nutty body and flavor.
Stewing beef or salt beef
Provides meaty texture and savory depth as it becomes tender during simmering.
Chicken breast
Adds lean meat that becomes tender and tender-textured in the simmered broth.
Onion
Builds sweet, savory aromatic base when softened in oil.
Chicken stock
Forms the liquid base that carries the flavors and cooks the meats.

The step that matters

Whisking in the peanut butter. Peanut butter can clump or scorch on the bottom of the pot if it is added to liquid that is too hot or unstirred. Whisking it smoothly into the simmering broth before the other seasonings helps it disperse evenly.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, beef, peanut, butter, sugar, cumin):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, beef, peanut, butter, sugar, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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