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Cold Cucumber Soup

A chilled cucumber soup made with cucumbers, sour cream, chicken broth, onion, herbs, lemon juice, and white pepper.

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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cold Cucumber Soup

Timeat least 8 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup

  1. Cut cucumbers into large chunks; place in a blender with remaining ingredients.

  2. Puree; pour into bowl.

Chill

  1. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

348Calories
51 gProtein
5 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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.

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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.

  1. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  4. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Cucumber + parsleytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,564 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

What each ingredient does

Cucumbers
Provide the main body and fresh, watery bulk of the soup.
Nonfat sour cream
Gives the soup its creamy body and tangy flavor without added fat.
Chicken broth
Adds savory depth and liquid so the purée blends smoothly.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the dairy.

The step that matters

Refrigerate for at least 8 hours. Chilling lets the flavors of herbs, onion and lemon blend and mellow into the dairy. Serving it too soon leaves the soup tasting sharp and unbalanced.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, cream, chicken, onion, parsley, dill, lemon):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, cream, chicken, onion, parsley, dill, lemon. 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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