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Bacon and Leek Potato Bisque

A creamy soup made with bacon, leeks, potatoes, butter, flour, water, chicken base, and cream.

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Why it works: Leek and potato work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Bacon and Leek Potato Bisque

Oven325°F

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the base

  1. Sauté bacon and leeks in a stockpot.

  2. Pour off half the bacon grease, and add butter until it melts.

  3. Add flour, and cook for 2 minutes.

Add liquids and bake

  1. Stir in water, chicken base, potatoes, and cream.

  2. Add salt, white pepper, and nutmeg to taste.

  3. Bake at 325°F until potatoes are tender.

Finish

  1. Remove from oven, and cool slightly.

  2. Puree mixture until smooth.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1039Calories
53 gProtein
26 gFat
145 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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. Leek + potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Leek + nutmegtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,052 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Bacon
Renders fat for cooking and adds smoky, savory flavor to the base.
Leeks
Add a mild, sweet onion-like aroma that builds the soup's flavor.
Butter
Adds richness and carries flavor, and helps form the flour base.
Flour
Cooked in fat to form a roux that thickens the soup.
Potatoes
Soften during baking and release starch that gives body when pureed.
Heavy cream
Adds richness and a smooth, silky mouthfeel.

The step that matters

Cooking the flour in the fat. Flour must cook in the bacon fat and butter long enough to lose its raw, pasty taste and to thicken evenly. Adding liquid too soon can leave lumps and a floury flavor.

Swap the white pepper

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

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against leek, butter, flour, chicken, potato, cream, nutmeg. 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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