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Cream-style Potato Soup

A soup of diced potatoes, onion, celery simmered with dill, mrs. dash, chives, milk, and flour.

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Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cream-style Potato Soup

Timeabout 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Simmer the vegetables

  1. Place potatoes, onion, celery, and water in a large saucepan.

  2. Add dill weed, mrs. dash, and chives; simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.

Thicken the soup

  1. Place milk and flour in a pint jar.

  2. Shake vigorously to mix thoroughly.

  3. Add the milk and flour mixture to the potato mixture; simmer 5–10 minutes, or until thickened.

Season and finish

  1. Add ¼ teaspoon ground pepper, 1 teaspoon basil leaves, and/or ½ teaspoon garlic powder in addition to or instead of other herbs (optional).

  2. Blend part of the soup mixture in a blender if desired (optional).

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

820Calories
27 gProtein
10 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
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. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Celery + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together382 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

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

  4. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Break down as they cook, giving the soup body and a thick, starchy texture.
Flour
Its starch swells in simmering liquid, thickening the soup.
Nonfat milk
Provides the creamy liquid base and mild dairy flavor.

The step that matters

Add the milk and flour mixture and simmer until thickened. Flour only thickens when its starch is dispersed in the liquid and heated to swell, so shaking it smooth first prevents lumps and simmering long enough gives full thickness.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, celery, dill, chive, milk, flour):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, celery, dill, chive, milk, flour. 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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