Name: Low Calorie Sweet Potato and Pepper Soup
Ingredients: 1 hot chili pepper; 2 lbs sweet potato; 1 tsp garlic powder; 5 cup defatted chicken stock; 2 red bell pepper; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1 cup nonfat milk

Why it works: Sweet potato and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 539 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Low Calorie Sweet Potato and Pepper Soup

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Combine all ingredients except milk and bring to a boil.
Simmer for 30 minutes.
Add milk, heat, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

530Calories

45 gProtein

13 gFat

61 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

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.

Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together539 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together631 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,890 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet potato: Provides starch and body, thickening the soup as it cooks and sweetening it.
Chicken stock: Supplies the liquid base that cooks the vegetables and carries the flavour.
Red bell pepper: Adds sweetness and colour, with a mild vegetable flavour that softens as it simmers.
Nonfat milk: Adds creaminess and mild richness to the finished soup.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, sweet potato, chicken, cinnamon, milk):

Cardamomfits better
Nutmegfits better
Gingerfits better
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, sweet potato, chicken, cinnamon, milk. 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.