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Senegalese Chicken Soup

A spicy chicken soup with peanut butter, tomatoes, and curry spices.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Senegalese Chicken Soup

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Cook onions in olive oil until soft and translucent.

  2. Add garlic and cook two minutes.

  3. Add curry powder, cayenne, and coriander and fry for an additional two minutes.

  4. If dry, add a small quantity of olive oil until moist.

  5. Add chicken broth and scrape bottom with a wooden spoon.

  6. Add tomato puree, crushed plum tomatoes, salt, and pepper.

  7. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring often and scraping bottom every few minutes. Do not boil.

Blend and finish

  1. Combine peanut butter and half of the soup in a blender or food processor and puree, adding small quantities of broth as necessary if too thick.

  2. When smooth, add puree to the remaining soup and stir well.

  3. If the soup seems too thick, add broth to taste.

  4. Cook chicken in boiling water until done (about 15 to 20 minutes).

  5. Drain and add the chicken to the soup.

  6. Add green onions to the soup, cook five minutes more, and serve.

  7. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and cilantro for garnish.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

569Calories
42 gProtein
32 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Meatnot 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Coriander + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Onion
Softens as it cooks down, adding sweetness and body to the soup base.
Curry powder
Blooms in hot oil to release aromatic compounds that flavour the whole soup.
Peanut butter
Adds fat and richness, and thickens the soup when blended into it.
Tomato puree
Adds acidity, body and savoury depth to the broth.
Chicken white meat
Provides the protein; cooking it in water keeps it tender and moist.
Olive oil
Carries the heat and aromatics, helping spices bloom and onions soften.

The step that matters

Simmer without boiling. Keeping the soup at a gentle simmer stops the peanut and tomato base from scorching on the bottom and keeps the texture smooth rather than broken or sticky.

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, olive, garlic, pepper, coriander, chicken, tomato):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, olive, garlic, pepper, coriander, chicken, tomato. 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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