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Hot Senegalese Soup with Coriander

A chicken broth soup with onions, celery, curry, turmeric, cayenne, mango chutney, and coriander.

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Why it works: Turmeric and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,253 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Hot Senegalese Soup with Coriander

Time8 minutes poaching

Ingredients

Directions

Poach the chicken

  1. Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a small saucepan.

  2. Poach the chicken at a bare simmer, covered, for 8 minutes, or until it is springy to the touch and just cooked through.

  3. Transfer the chicken to a work surface, reserving the broth, and chop it.

Make the soup

  1. While the chicken is poaching, cook the onion and celery in the oil over moderately-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened.

  2. Stir in the curry powder, turmeric, and cayenne, and cook the mixture, stirring, for 2 minutes.

  3. Add the reserved broth to the vegetable mixture, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, and simmer it for 5 minutes.

  4. In a blender or food processor puree the mixture with the chutney and 1/2 the chicken until the puree is very smooth.

  5. Transfer the puree back to the saucepan, stir in the remaining chicken and just heat through.

Serve

  1. Stir in the minced coriander, and divide the soup between bowls.

  2. Garnish each serving with a coriander sprig.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

450Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
39 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Coriandernot 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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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. Turmeric + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Celery + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Turmeric + mangotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together256 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  5. Turmeric + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken broth
Provides the liquid base and savory flavor for the soup.
Chicken breast
Supplies protein and body, poached then blended and added in part for texture.
Onions
Soften and sweeten as they cook, building the soup's flavor base.
Celery
Softens into the vegetable base, adding aromatic depth and body.
Curry powder
Blooms in the oil to release aromatic spice compounds that define the flavor.
Mango chutney
Adds sweetness and fruity acidity that balance the spices and thicken the puree.

The step that matters

Blending the puree until very smooth. Blending the cooked vegetables, chutney and part of the chicken until very smooth creates an even, velvety texture; under-blending leaves a gritty or stringy soup.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, celery, turmeric, pepper, mango, coriander):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, celery, turmeric, pepper, mango, coriander. 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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